IMac not showing MacBook in Shared Devices

My iMac dosen't have Airdrop(Older machine), and on Shared Devises my MacBook Pro dosen't show up on the iMac. What gives? The iMac shows in Shared Devices on the MacBook.

I suspect this is some kind of bug.
When I connect to my other MBP, sometimes the icon shows up in the Finder sidebar, sometimes not. Ditto when I connect to a PC.
I often have to resort to using the Go menu and entering the IP of the other machine in order to connect, and even then, the other computer does not always show up in the finder.
Usually, if I reboot one of the remote machines, then the icon shows up.
I somehow recall this, or a similar issue being reported by others in the network forum.

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