File sharing does not work

I have a network of 4 Macs.  Up until recently I was able to use file sharing and screen sharing between all of them in any direction.  Recently one of the Macs has become inaccessible for both  file sharing and screen sharing from one of the other Macs however file sharing still works from the others while screen sharing does not.  I am pretty sure that none of the comfiguration has changed.  Any ideas what has goen wrong and how to fix it?

This post https://discussions.apple.com/message/10400761#10400761 resolved my issue.  Just in case it may help someone else.

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