Ableton Link Package still working in Max 9?

Hi, i don't know how or where to ask this since i'm not using Ableton... but, when connecting Max to a Norns sound computer, i used to be able to get them to communicate/synchronize using Link(back sometime during Max 8), but when i try lately, they don't seem to sync up:

-changing tempo in one, does not register the tempo in another: for example, just activating Link on my norns as clock source, and then using the 'Link package' help patcher to change the tempo using the 'link.session' object doesn't seem to register the change across devices, vice versa changing tempo on norns doesn't change the max transport's tempo(transport's clocksource is set to 'link' too - and i have tested this out in multiple ways checking the transport's outlet for tempo, as well as the right-outlet of 'link.session' object i have in my patch... also, attempted to reset the clocksource on my norns several times to see if that could reset the Link connection somehow...)

-in addition, i have 'start/stop enable' setup on both devices for Link, and starting/stopping transport on one device doesn't register a start/stop on the other

-i also remembered to run all of this on a private 'hotspot' network broadcast from my norns, rather than my local network because i know this fully private connection will run Link more reliably(a norns 'hotspot' simply creates a network to connect to the norns with, but without access to the world-wide web), both devices were successfully connected to that private/hotspot network, and it still didn't work

Anyone have success synchronizing two devices(with at least one being a computer running Max9) using Ableton Link these days?