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I had a home network with one iMac and two Windows PC's. Frustration with one of the PC's had led me to donate it to charity and I now have an iMac, a 2009 Mac Pro, and an older Mac Mini, along with the remaing Windows pc.
I continually have/had problems accessing shares on the Windows PC(s) from the iMac. It will work fine for a couple of days with no problems. Then suddenly it will unmount the shares. If I try to re-connect, I get the "There was a problem connecting to server..." error message. The other pc could still access it fine. Media boxes could still access it fine. But nothing short of rebooting both the iMac and the PC would get them talking together again. Then after a day or two, back to the same error message.
Now I'm getting the message when the iMac tries to access the remaining Windows pc. It can see every machine on the network no problem. If I open the Windows pc in finder, it says "Connection failed" at the top. If I click on "Connect", it pauses for a few seconds, then comes back with "There was a problem connecting to server...".
I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure out what is causing this issue. I know the settings are correct, because it will share files perfectly fine for a day or two at a time. Anyone have any theories. I can provide more details, if needed.
Thanks.
I continually have/had problems accessing shares on the Windows PC(s) from the iMac. It will work fine for a couple of days with no problems. Then suddenly it will unmount the shares. If I try to re-connect, I get the "There was a problem connecting to server..." error message. The other pc could still access it fine. Media boxes could still access it fine. But nothing short of rebooting both the iMac and the PC would get them talking together again. Then after a day or two, back to the same error message.
Now I'm getting the message when the iMac tries to access the remaining Windows pc. It can see every machine on the network no problem. If I open the Windows pc in finder, it says "Connection failed" at the top. If I click on "Connect", it pauses for a few seconds, then comes back with "There was a problem connecting to server...".
I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure out what is causing this issue. I know the settings are correct, because it will share files perfectly fine for a day or two at a time. Anyone have any theories. I can provide more details, if needed.
Thanks.