WRT160N installed - lost file sharing capability

Upgraded from Linksys WRT54GS to WRT160N - All computers conect to Internet but cannot communicate with each other - no file sharing, no printer sharing.

Disable File and Print sharing on all computers, reboot all, re enable File and Print sharing on all computers. Check your firewall settings to make sure all computers are trusted.
Message Edited by sabretooth on 02-20-2009 03:48 PM

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This morning I added security to my Airport Express (WPA/WPA2 Personal) and now none of the three Macs on my network can be shared with any of the others; all have file sharing turned on, but when I enter their names I get "Connection Failed."
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Greetings...Apologies in advance for the lenght of this post...but I wanted to provide as much info as possible to the community to see if someone can see what I may be doing wrong.
My goal: Replace an existing iMac running Mavericks Server v3.01 that I use for Open Directory & file sharing with a new Mac Mini Server (late 2012) running Mavericks Server v3.01. Once new server is working and users defined...I will copy the users data from the iMac to the mac Mini server...then re-purpose the iMac as a simple client (bound to the new Mac Mini server).
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I am trying to copy some files to iPhone so I can mail them. I found this vid http://www.cultofmac.com/iphone-os-4-0-adds-file-sharing-feature-to-itunes/41772
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WRT160N installed - lost file sharing capability

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