Cannot Connect to iMac Network Share

[Varmutant]

I get connection failed (very quickly) when attempting to Add Shared Folder. I can connect/see the shared folder in the iPhone files app.

I shared a folder called ConsolidatedMusic in the Music folder and created a user and password (with read/write even though readonly would be ok). I also shared the parent Music folder just to try.

I've tried the following variations (slashes, .local and device name vs. ip) - also tried Music/ConsolidatedMusic:

smb://192.186.1.7/Music
//192.186.1.7/Music
smb://192.186.1.7.local/Music
//192.186.1.7.local/Music
smb:\\192.186.1.7\Music
\\192.186.1.7\Music
smb:\\192.186.1.7.local\Music
\\192.186.1.7.local\Music

all of the above with My-iMac name instead of the IP address.

It seemed like adding .local (from another thread) took a bit longer before failing.

Any guidance would be appreciated.

 

[harkpabst]

This ...

\\192.186.1.7\Music

... and that ...

with My-iMac name instead of the IP address

... should work equally well.

Do you have any other 3rd party client app (other than Apple Files) to test the access? I wonder if MacOS wants the user name in a format different from how you typed it? I'm shooting in the dark.

 

[simbun]

192.186 or 192.168?