IMac is no longer finding my shared MBP or other shared computers.

I got a new iMac (Mountain Lion) for Christmas 2012 and when I turned on my old MBP and allowed sharing, the MBP showed up immediately in the connected servers (Finder sidebar). I turned off my computers a few days ago and now I cannot see either computer or the other shared computers in my household that also used to show. I've checked the Wifi settings and they match as well as being on the same network and no changes have been made to our network (router). Ive also tried rebooting both computers with no luck. I'm stuck and can only print via printer sharing and need it for teaching. Please help! Thanks!

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Well duh. I restarted the router and then it was able to find the printer. There you go. Thanks.

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Hi,
I have a new Airport TimeCapsule that I set up about two weeks ago in combination with a new iMac running OS 10.9.4. It ran fine until 2 days ago, when the TC disk image disappeared from the iMac and Time Machine was not able to back up. I tried to find the TC in Airport Utility and it states the "Airport Time Capsule was previously part of your network. Check that it is still in range of your network and is plugged into a power outlet..." I've tried restarting the time capsule. I've tried restarting everything in order (modem>TC>iMac) and the iMac still cannot see the TC disk.
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There is a heap of things you can do but it is easier to just run through the whole lot in order. None is necessarily the cure and that is why doing all is important.
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I have an ethernet client on the network that is completely invisible.
Click on the Other WiFi Devices (wrongly named.. it should say other devices).
And you will see the option to choose ethernet.
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Turn of the MG and unplug the power cord. Leave it off for about a minute and then reconnect the power cord and turn the power back on. Wait while the device attempts to reconnect to your wireless network - the blue wifi symbol on the MG will flash and then stay on once it has connected. If it keeps flashing then you will have to reconnect the MG to your wireless access point via the control panel on the MG.

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Thanks for the help!
Well, when I rebooted the MBP, it magically appeared on the iMac..so I thought all was well. However, I am now suspicious of the iMac as the culprit.
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My laptop no longer finds my TC, either for reading or writing. It sees the wiresless network run by the airport just fine, and a second laptop is backing up as usual to the TC, but this one computer is never able to locate the TC. It possible that the last time it successfully backed up was around the time I did a software update on the Time Capsule -- perhaps related to my current problem?
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Thanks.

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