Airdrop does not work in iMac on my network

Trying to transfer files through Airdrop. It absolutely does not work or recognize anything on any of my iMacs (2011,2014) from iPhone6 through Airport network. When I go to my friend's house (same Airport and iMac and iphone) Airdrop works just fine.
This is what i see on my finder. Even when everything I have is connected to the network and the Airdrop finder page is on or I'm trying to send an image or something through my iphone

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Assuming you've already selected AirDrop on the older Mac, it will appear as you'd expect on the 2013 iMac. I've found that sometimes once the "Legacy AirDrop" has been selected on the new computer on my older MBP I have to unselect AirDrop and then reselect it for the newer computers to be seen on the older MBP.
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