File Sharing to Tiger from Leopard hangs. It worked Tiger to Tiger.

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File Sharing to Tiger from Leopard hangs. It worked Tiger to Tiger.

I have a machine I use primarily as a file server via AFP (AppleTalk) on my Ethernet LAN which has successfully networked for many years with many OS X upgrades. I just upgraded the file server OS to Leopard. It seems that it retained all my preferences and Networking settings, etc. however I cannot connect from another workstation which is running Tiger.

I hit Command+K, type in: afp://fileserver.local and it just hangs and hangs.

Has anyone else had any issues?

OWC Dual 1.6 GHz PPC G4, Mac OS X (10.5.1), 2 GB SDRAM, 1x250 GB HDD, 3x300 GB RAID 0

Posted on Feb 18, 2008 6:41 AM

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Answer 1

semiotics101 Author

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Jan 1, 2011 12:46 PM in response to semiotics101

I figured it out. If you are simply using AppleTalk AFP, do this...

After you have your File Sharing turned ON and configured, etc. you must goto:

System Preferences > Security > Firewall. You have 3 choices to allow incoming traffic:

1. Allow all incoming connections
2. Allow only essential services
3. Set access for specific services and applications

I previously had #2 selected. I have now changed it to #3 and all works fine! When you enable File Sharing, Leopard will add "File Sharing (AFP) to the allowed services in the box below. That's it - just double-check your FIrewall settings after you've enabled File Sharing!

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Zems

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Jan 1, 2011 12:46 PM in response to semiotics101

That’s brilliant. Thanks. All my computers are now talking to each other.

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