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Diveflo

macrumors regular
Original poster
Mar 12, 2008
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Hi everyone,

I have a Windows 7 machine at home acting as my 'server', storing my TV shows and movies, converting them to work on my ATV etc.
The iTunes library is on my MacBook Air, which I often have to take with me to university. The network between these two machines works great except, when I'm taking my MacBook Air with me and turn off my Windows machine.
Whenever I do that, and come back home, and wake my MacBook Air BEFORE I start my Windows machine, I can not access the share (I obv. waited until the Windows machine was up).
The share is still listed in my finder, but it won't show any content. If I disconnect from the share and "Go -> Connect to Server -> smb://server" my MacBook isn't able to find anything. I've also tried to use the IP address instead of the name but that doesn't make any difference either.
The funny thing is: if I turn on my PC before I wake my MacBook Air, I can access the share without any problems.

Does anybody know how to solve this? Is there a solution?

Thank you very much.
 
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