Mac Networking

[motomullet]

I am having a problem getting both of my macs to see each other.

I have a macbook and a G4 Mini, both connected to a linksys router over wireless. I can't seem to get them to communicate in order to share files. Internet works fine on both.

Now if I connect the macbook to the router with a cable, file sharing magically works. Haven't tried connecting the mini with a cable, so I don't know if that has any effect.

Do I need to open some ports on the router?

 

[0007776]

I'm not sure what is causing your problem, My only suggestion would be to look to make sure that file sharing is turned on on the computer that you want to connect to.

 

[motomullet]

filesharing is on, works fine when one is plugged in with a cable.

 

[I'm a ROb]

You could look up the IP-address and than use Finder > Connect to server
Type in: AFP://IP-adress
It might just work...

 

[sanmarcos]

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[motomullet]

I'm only using personal file sharing and not windows sharing. Using connect to server gives me the "The server may not exist or it is not operational at this time. Check the server name or IP address and try again" error message after a long wait. This is getting very frustrating!!!

 

[hanschien]

I'm only using personal file sharing and not windows sharing. Using connect to server gives me the "The server may not exist or it is not operational at this time. Check the server name or IP address and try again" error message after a long wait. This is getting very frustrating!!!

Some wireless routers have a wireless isolation mode which doesn't let one host see another host even if they are on the same sub-net.

 

[motomullet]

Some wireless routers have a wireless isolation mode which doesn't let one host see another host even if they are on the same sub-net.

Turns out this is what was causing the problem. Turned AP Isolation off in the advanced wireless settings and it works like a charm now!!