[bwgunia]

my wife's ibook G4's file sharing will not start. I am using an old iMac G3 updated to OSX 10 2.8 and connected to an AirPort Extreme via ethernet. The ibook is connected via internal Airport.
My file sharing seems to be working fine and the ibook printer sharing and other network items seem to be okay. File sharing, although it says it is opening, will not in fact open. This ibook once needed to have its software reinstalled after my wife was able to induce a crash (don't ask). Am I missing something simple or is this a bigger issue?

[car1son]

Use Console (Applications/Utilities) to examine /Library/Logs/AppleFileServer for errors in log.
Use Terminal command "sudo /usr/sbin/AppleFileServer -d" to manually start file sharing and check output for errors. (Note the latter doesn't open the Firewall the way starting AFS from System Preferences/Sharing does. Just do it to look for errors.)
Might suggest what the problem is.

[bwgunia]

log states that startup item Apple File Service did not complete sucessfully and the Termiinal command u suggested results in "no such file or directory"

[Nobody]

I think you can't use the same configuration for File Sharing on the port configuration as your internet connection. The likely thing that's happening is the ISP software is preventing you from using the same network configurations as a local hub. The most likely thing to do is make a new location in Location and new port configuration in Show and switch network settings to use local file sharing. You 'd probably need an Ethernet hub. See if that would work for you.

[car1son]

Yes, you can run file sharing over the same interface as you are using to access the Internet. The connection bwgunia described, with a one Mac connected to the Airport LAN port and the other connected to the airport wirelessly, will share files just fine. And in any event, it would not account for file sharing not starting.

[car1son]

bwgunia,
Try this expanded command instead:

code:
/usr/bin/sudo /usr/sbin/AppleFileServer -d

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pay careful attention to the spaces (copy and paste the command if possible, to avoid a typo). There's a space after "sudo" and another space before "-d". Unix is very fussy. Also, I should have mentioned explicitly in my last message that you don't actually typed the quotation marks ("). I apologize if that was confusing.
If you're really getting that message when running AppleFileServer, it suggests some AFS component didn't get installed properly.

[Nobody]

Probaly could, but he needs update software from his ISP for local networking in the same setting as the internet connection.