File Sharing Problems

[shawnab]

I've been file sharing between two macs (iMac G5 and Macbook Pro if that matters) on the same network for almost a year. I've had everything set up and working great and then out of no where it stopped working. When I try to connect to the other Mac it says "connection failed" but when I try to screen share it works perfectly. Both Macs are running on 10.5.8...

Any ideas?

 

[Tomorrow]

Is it possible that the IP address of one or both of them has changed?

Are you using a network storage drive, like a NAS? If so, has its configuration or IP address changed?

 

[shawnab]

I guess anything's possible but no deliberate changes have been made. How can I check to see if this is the problem? I just realized then when I try to file share from stacks it says, "There was an error connecting to the server. Check the server name or IP address and try again."

I'm a basic user so I have no clue how to check. Thanks for your help!