File sharing no longer working under Lion

File Sharing no longer works on our household macs running Lion. Shared volumes show up intermittedly in the finder sidebar. But connections fail.

for what it's worth, i too am experiencing this issue and it is driving me insane... Any chance you two came across a workaround or fix?
i've discovered that clicking on "AirDrop" on the shared Mac seems to awaken the shared services (screen sharing, file sharing etc.) and make them available on networked devices.
i'm beginning to suspect that Bonjour may be the culprit as services advertised using Bonjour suddenly spring to life.
it's short-lived unfortunately as availability eventually ceases... Clicking again on AirDrop reliably brings it back...
That's where I am currently... if anybody has any ideas, I'd love to hear them.

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