Can't see other Macs/PCs on the network...

Since installing the Safari 6/Apple Remote Desktop Update I can't see other Macs/PCs on the network. If I restart I can see 2 Macs, but after a while they disappear, and I can see/connect to nothing...

If you are using DHCP check that it is getting the correct addressing. In the event that it is but still not working then test by giving it a fixed IP and see if it then works.

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I just put a Mac mini server on my network and the only services I have enabled are SMB, AFP and Open Directory. Before I put the server on the network (and if I turn the server off) the Windows 7 Pro machine I have on the network used to be able to see the rest of the Macs on the network in the Network section... I could see them, log on to one, grab files, etc. This also went for the Macs seeing the PC on the network in the Finder. Now that I have the server on the network though, I can't see the PC on my Macs and can't see my Macs on the PC. I can, however, do a "Map network drive" on the PC and enter an address to one of the Macs and connect that way. Anyone know why this could be happening?
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It's also possible you've got (for instance) a bad cable or a bad NIC and that's jamming up your network, though that's less likely.
Your Mac OS X Server box requires DNS be configured locally, or within your network.
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I can't see other Macs on my network.

I cannot see other Macs running OS X 10.7 (Lion) on my network in the sidebar of the finder. When I had Snow Leopard my friend could see me but I could not see him. I have tried enabling file sharing, but still nothing, and this was not enabled on Snow Leopard anyway. This is really confusing me.
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There's a strange Finder bug that is causing things to go invisible, usually it is drives, but occasionally it happens to folders (one guy had his applications folder become invisible). Take a look at this article I wrote on the problem:
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Why can' I see other Mac in Shared area of Finder

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MP with Leopard
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The MBP shows the iMac and MP in the Shared area of the finder.
The MP show the iMac but not the MBP.
However, I can connect to the MBP by entering its IP address via Finder Connect to Server.
The MBP does show up in the MP's finder sometimes but I can't seem to figure out when or why. This is driving me nuts. Any ideas?
Thanks.
The MBP can see the MP in the Finder under S

waxwing wrote:
On the machine that has Sno, I can see the other machine in Shared.
Can you connect to it?
On the machine with Leopard, I can connect to the other machine but I can't see it in the finder.
My suggestions for getting shares to show up under shared in finder fit here.
Both machines have no problem seeing a third machine that sleeps a couple of times per day.
Can they connect to it?
Thanks for the ideas but it doesn't look like we have a solution yet.
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Hi, I did manage to ping each computer (the mac from the pc and viceversa), also I did manage to "see" the mac from the pc windows network application; but I still have two issues:
1) I still can't "see" the PC from my Mac, under share of finder....
2) How can I do to access the mac from the pc? It keeps asking me for a user and password, should I use my user and password that I use in my mac? How can I add the pc user into my mac setting if I can't "see" the pc?
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