I have a network based on a default 192.168.1.1 gateway.
Multiple devices are connected to the network; (3 apple devices, multiple android devices, windows and linux based machines, ).
One of the machines is used as a media server, running windows 10 home, and has 3 shared folders.
Only iMac (Yosemite 10.10.5) is unable to reach the shared folders – giving an error message "there was a problem connecting to server".
iMac does not see the shared folders by Go to Network, also unable use command-k with CIFS:// or SMB:// (getting the error above)
My MBP (El capitan) has no problem seeing the shares, Windows machine is able to see the shared folders on iMac.
- After much network testing, i've created a new user ID on the iMac;
that test user sees the shared drive without an issue. - Safe mode
does not help - I
have deleted the keychain associated with the shared drive, but still
am getting the error.
Unfortunately I can't switch to a different user currently due to some of the applications installed on this one.
Any recommendations on how to resolve this?
Best Answer
Try sudo sysctl -w net.smb.fs.loglevel=255 and see what messages you get in the console window.
See https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/4375/Troubleshooting-File-Sharing-Issues-with-With-Mac-OS-X-and-Windows.html for more info.