No file sharing in Ventura (ony one way)

[TECH198]

I think this is an issue with Ventura, not Fusion.

I'm on a Macbook AIr M1, and have "File sharing" enabled.. yet can only access Windows shares, If i set up in Windows 11 Arm, share a folder, i can "Connect to server" from mac, but Windows 11 won't see Mac, even though i can ping it from windows fine, and visa vera.

I ruled out Fusion because I remember being on 13.0.1 as well on Big sur on Macbook M1 some time ago (now sold), and sharing was working perfectly fine. This is the first time i have got another Mac but now on Ventura, and based on most people online having the same sharing issue, i believe this is an OS related

Has anyone had the same thing?

For now, i'm just sharing windows folders TO Mac, which is  not the general order i do things.

[Technogeezer · Accepted solution]

I’ve found that browsing the network from a Windows system won’t discover a Mac enabled for Windows file sharing. If you connect using the IP address or host name from Windows will work (e,g, typing \\machostname in Windows explorer)