File Sharing "Connection Failed"

I used to see this with some Leopard file shares. It was a corruption of the com.apple.ByteRangeLocking.plist file found in /Library/Preferences/. Try turning off sharing, then transfer the MBP's version of that file to the Mini (any way except through AFP, obviously - use a flash drive if you have one), delete the Mini's version and replace it.

Let me know if that works.

Matt

I have a Mac Mini running 10.6.6, and the exact same problem occurred as well. I could see my Mini's share icon on the other Mac's finder. And when i click to connect, i get the spinning wheel for a while and then error message "Connection Failed." I tried doing both things mentioned above and none could solve my problem.

I also notice that when clicking through the File Sharing and Security option under Pref panel of my Mini, it takes a while to load the data. It seems there's some sort of DNS issue involved. Though i can connect to the Internet and other Macs from my Mini ok.

Please help!

Steven

Similar story here. I have a network of imac + macbooks. All computers have the same settings versions of OSX (10.6.6). The imac can connect to all macbooks. My PowerBook Pro cannot connect back to the imac. It can successfully PING the imac. I have no idea what's going on. Would be very interested to hear if you find a solution

Yet another similar story - set File sharing on on my iMac, the icon appears in sidebar of my MacBook Pro's Finder Window click on that and after a while get "Connection Failed". Likewise if I try and "Connect As"n the same thing happens.

Has anyone come up with a solution yet?

I seem to have found a solution to my problem.

After more experimentation I found that not only was File Sharing not working neither was Printer Sharing. However printer sharing worked if both computers were connected to my Netgear router by ethernet but not when the laptop was connected wirelessly.

This indicated a wireless problem and as both could access the internet however connected to the router it looked as though the router was not passing an incoming wireless message from the laptop out to the iMac via ethernet.

Consequently I switched everything off, unplugged it all from the mains power supply and left it for 25 minutes. On reconnecting and rebooting everything the printer sharing now works properly again with the MacBook Pro connected wirelessly and the iMac via ethernet to the router an, for printing, the iMac via USB to the printer.

Long may it last!

I hope this info might help others with a similar problem

I have the same problem. Rebooting the mini seems to fix it for a while and then it recurs. I will post the answer if/when I find it.

I had exactly the same problem this morning and Matt's solution solved the problem. Thanks!

Well, it seems like the underlying problem is still here. Every time I reboot my Mac Pro I have to follow Matts advice in order to connect to it from my MacBook Pro.

I'm having another problem which could be related.

My Mac Pro is named "Mougins" and runs MAMP. Before today when I connect to the MAMP server from my MacBook Pro I'd use http://mougins - as of today that url resolves to http://www.mougins.com and I have to use http://mougins.local to connect to the MAMP server.

The 2 machines are networked by cable using a Netgear GS108T gigabit switch.

Any ideas anyone ... please?