bonjour services not connecting

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bonjour services not connecting

I am trying to sync Things on my iphone with my Mac. I also tried to use Air Sharing to upload files to my iphone. In both cases I dont see the Bonjour services available on the iphone.

I used a tool called bonjour browser and it doesnt hint of anything on the iphone. Ive disabled the firewall on mac os. Any ideas??

IMAC 17, Mac OS X (10.6.3)

Posted on May 13, 2010 12:01 PM

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Joe Chiarelli Author

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May 13, 2010 12:32 PM in response to Joe Chiarelli

Firewall was disabled but apparently Intego Virus barrier 6 had the ip blocked due to a port scan.

Sheesh!!!

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pshooter

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May 14, 2010 10:00 AM in response to Joe Chiarelli

You have just saved me a whole night of heartbreak!!!

For some reason NetBarrier had put my iPhone on the Stop List... no more, my life syncs again!

Thanks
Paul

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Joe Chiarelli Author

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May 14, 2010 11:08 AM in response to pshooter

Paul, Glad to help. It took me by surprise too.

If any iphone syncing or transferring fails, check out something similar in any network/firewall apps.

IF an iphone app is supposed to sync via bonjour, check the following:

[Ill refer to this link at Cultured code http://culturedcode.com/things/wiki/index.php/Resolvingnetwork_related_sync_issues_between_Mac_and_iPhone/iPod_touch%28FAQ%29

but basically:

There are many ways to find out if Bonjour is working on your network:

Try to find out if other Mac applications using Bonjour also have problems on that network -- such as iTunes music sharing or chatting via Bonjour in iChat (use the menu Window > Bonjour).

Try another iPhone application that uses Bonjour, such as Apple's Remote (free).

Another way to test this is to download and install Bonjour Browser (free) http://www.tildesoft.com/Programs.html .

Launch Bonjour Browser, and look for any services on your iphone to see if it sharing a service via bonjour.

Lastly check out http://developer.apple.com/networking/bonjour/faq.html

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Answer 4

Jun 2, 2010 10:33 AM in response to Joe Chiarelli

I'm having similar problems: Things not syncing, Remote not working, iPhone not visible on Bonjour browser, but I can't find anything on the Macbook that might be causing the problem. Is it possible that my router is causing the problem? It's a Speedtouch 570. If so, what can I do about it. Support for the router is hard to find.

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