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<blockquote data-quote="bleighty" data-source="post: 1300383" data-attributes="member: 215940">Hello - newer mac user here but I am pretty knowledgeable with networking and all that jazz.Here's my issue:Just picked up a Belkin n750 router.&nbsp; It has 2 usb ports for network storage sharing.&nbsp; Its kinda cheesy in the fact that you have to install their software to get the share to appear, but it is what it is.Here is my issue:I formatted a USB drive and named the drive &quot;Homeshare&quot;.&nbsp; When I connect the drive to my Macbook Pro running Lion it appears as &quot;Homeshare&quot;.&nbsp; When I connect it to my USB port on my n750 router it appears on my network as &quot;Homeshare(C1)&quot;.I assumed (and still do) that the &quot;(C1)&quot; was something added by the Belkin software/system but the drive access was fine and I was able to setup my media server, my itunes library, etc.Well, the router rebooted due to a power outage (common in Florida) and the next time I connected to it my drive now showed up as &quot;Homeshare(A1)&quot;.Again I was able to connect but now the path to my entire itunes library was as bust as the OS knew it only as &quot;Homeshare(C1)&quot;.I contacted Belkin support via phone and that was a waste of about 30 minutes of my life.&nbsp; I contacted Belkin via email and received a response from the tech that it was my Operating System that was adding the (C1) and (A1) to my share.I have searched numerous forums and googled all that I know how to google on this and cannot find a single note about any sort of (*1) being appended to a network share.&nbsp; My question: is there anything in the MAC OS that would do this?&nbsp; Or is this just a Belkin issue?I am very versed in networking from my Windows days and my day job is configuring cisco routers 40 hours a week.&nbsp;&nbsp; I assume that the Belkin tech was full of it, but wanted to ask the experts here on this forum.thanks!Bryan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bleighty, post: 1300383, member: 215940"] Hello - newer mac user here but I am pretty knowledgeable with networking and all that jazz. Here's my issue: Just picked up a Belkin n750 router. It has 2 usb ports for network storage sharing. Its kinda cheesy in the fact that you have to install their software to get the share to appear, but it is what it is. Here is my issue: I formatted a USB drive and named the drive "Homeshare". When I connect the drive to my Macbook Pro running Lion it appears as "Homeshare". When I connect it to my USB port on my n750 router it appears on my network as "Homeshare(C1)". I assumed (and still do) that the "(C1)" was something added by the Belkin software/system but the drive access was fine and I was able to setup my media server, my itunes library, etc. Well, the router rebooted due to a power outage (common in Florida) and the next time I connected to it my drive now showed up as "Homeshare(A1)". Again I was able to connect but now the path to my entire itunes library was as bust as the OS knew it only as "Homeshare(C1)". I contacted Belkin support via phone and that was a waste of about 30 minutes of my life. I contacted Belkin via email and received a response from the tech that it was my Operating System that was adding the (C1) and (A1) to my share. I have searched numerous forums and googled all that I know how to google on this and cannot find a single note about any sort of (*1) being appended to a network share. My question: is there anything in the MAC OS that would do this? Or is this just a Belkin issue? I am very versed in networking from my Windows days and my day job is configuring cisco routers 40 hours a week. I assume that the Belkin tech was full of it, but wanted to ask the experts here on this forum. thanks! Bryan [/QUOTE]

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