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Right, proper strange this. Three Macs (iMac, MacBookPro, MacBook Air) on the same wireless network. I can
- connect between MBP and Air both ways
- connect between iMac and MBP and Air outbound from iMac
- connect between a Windows 10 laptop and the iMac
- cannot connect inbound to iMac from either MBP or air
Things I have checked
- Sharing is setup exactly the same on all three. Tried sharing public folders and individual ones
- username (admin) is the same on all three
- Also added a test username on iMac and added that to the users of the share
- Turned firewall off on all three and back on all three
- Turned SMB / AFP on and off
- Turned the blooming machines off even tho I know this isn’t going to fix it
- enabled remote Login on the iMac. Can SSH into it using the admin un and pwd. The very same un and Pwd that gives me a connection fail when I try and open the iMac folders from finder form the MBP or Air.
It’s definitely trying as if I enter a bogus username that doesn’t exist on the iMac it refuses it straight away. Put in teh admin or one of the test accounts and it tries for about 15 seconds before giving me connection fail. I’ve been messing with the network but not sure I ever tried this before. Everything can still connect to the venerable apple airport express shared disc.
I bet it’s something really obvious but google isn’t helping me.
Anybody have an idea for something I haven’t tried?
Different versions of OSX causing a conflict?
Should have put that in the first post. Same versions.
I tried messing with the SMB/AFP settings. Later versions of the OS default to SMB. But with either turned off or both on, same issue. Timeout takes longer with SMB / AFP as I guess it’s trying both protocols
okay that is properly odd. From finder if I use go/connect to server and enter smb://ip-addr-of-imac there are all the folders. And it pops it up in the shared sidebar. But it won’t connect by double clicking the iMac. So it’s got me round the problem but I’ve no idea why!
what OS X version?
10.13.6 - High Sierra. There was a known bug when it came out but it’s been patched since and I ran the fix in terminal anyway.