thats great to heat that AFP works for you with 10.5. but i believe the thread starter was talking about the outlandish combination of him & NFS & mavericks.
anyhow, if i was eone of you i would just user a server/client system to download stuff and then open it locally. on everything slower than gigabit ethernet it seems pointless to open files directly from a workgroup server.
i said i was using 10.6.x not 10.5 and that was in reference to connecting DIRECTLY to the mac os 9 filesharing
its confusing to say "afp works for you" because like i stated earlier there is more then one scenario to use AFP.
I reccommend using an AFP capable (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-attached_storage) such as nas4free (
http://www.nas4free.org)
it works with every mac os version from 7.5 -> thru to 10.9 + 10.10
best solution. period.
u can use this anyway u wish. opening files directly on server.
or using it just to copy files to + from modern macs to pcs to legacy macs
this way does NOT require mac os 9 file sharing to be enabled..
Why is this a plus? because mac os 9 filesharing over tcp/ip STILL REQUIRES APPLE TALK TO BE ACTIVE
and we know that this can cause problems with audio related software which is why those software prompt to
turn appletalk OFF when launched..
so really.. mac os filesharing IS NOT AN OPTION for anyone who wants stability in their audio/midi production
because
we require appletalk to be disabled