Time Machine Error: Network Username & Password problem

[nreynolds5092]

I have a LinkStation Duo: LS-WX1.0TL/R1, firmware 1.24, set up as Raid 1.

 

I have

• an iMac running OS X 10.6.4, connected by wire to an Airport Extreme Base Station;
• a MacBook running OS X 10.6.4, connected wirelessly to the Airport Extreme Base Station.
• Both of these systems are running dual Intel processors.

I have connected the LinkStation directly to an ethernet port on the Airport Extreme Base Station. I have created a dedicated Time Machine folder, in which I created the "sparsebundle" for the iMac, as well as the MacBook. When I setup Time Machine on the MacBook to use the LinkStation for backup, it works fine. When I set up the iMac in the same way, I get a "Network Username or Password error" when Time Machine tries to mount the drive. Finder sees the drive just fine, and I can drag and drop files and folders back and forth as I should. What gives?

 

Details that may or may not be incidental:

• The iMac did back up correctly once. It was the first system I set up this way.
• The first time I set up the MacBook, I made a second "Time Machine" folder, to try to keep the backups separate. This was a mistake. It was after this that the iMac quit being able to connect.
• I have since completely removed and replaced the original two Time Machine shares, and have created a single share with two sparsebundle files in it.
• No matter what I do (including resetting the base station and deleting and recreating the network.plist on the iMac), the MacBook works and the iMac doesn't.

Regards,

Nikki

[AngelsAbys]

When the sparsebundle is created is is MAC address specific, if you are using 2 different units you will need 2 different folders with 2 different sparsebundles