"Shared" option not showing in finder sidebar

When I open finder, the "shared" option does not show in the sidebar. Devices, places and search show, but no shared. I have enabled sharing by going to system preferences/sharing and selecting several options. I even selected SMB under "options." Any suggestions?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.1)

Posted on Sep 27, 2009 5:26 AM

17 replies

gafty

Level 1

4 points

Nov 22, 2009 4:53 PM in response to Debonya1

Hello all.

I solved my problem with shared option not showing in sidebar, disableing a wifi router option.
I use DD-WRT on a Linksys router and the option is AP Isolation.

AP Isolation
The default value is Off. This setting isolates wireless clients so access to and from other wireless clients are stopped.

So...check your routers. 😉

Dec 4, 2009 1:35 PM in response to chrisbragg41

Barry,

Worked like a charm...thanks. I am new to mac and had the same issues with file sharing. Thanks a million

Andrea

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