Here is an overview of my small business network.
Windows Home server connected to 2 Vista Pro Desktops and 2 laptops.
LinkSys RVS4000 gigabit router with a simple 4 port gigabit switch connected to add ports.
Windows home server connector can't log on to the server from any computer
Remote desktop (over LAN) works by ip address but not by compter name. (cant remote to "MyServer" but can to it's IP 192.168.1.101
I am thinking the issue lies with some kind of conflict on the DNS in the linksys. unplugging the switch did not have an effect and neither did restoring the router defaults.
i need to set port forwarding on the router to point to the server. i open ports for HTTP, HTTPS, RDC, RWW etc
I can log into the server from the internet and onto the clients normally.
My Avast anti-virus dosen't "see" the clients, so the liscence i purchased is useless, and i installed AVG as an intrim.
I reinstalled WHS, my laptop works perfectly on my "home" server after discovery but has all the issues described above at my work network.
thanks for your input, I am at a complete loss here as networking is not my strong point.
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by: adroadamPosted on 2009-03-04 at 09:37:26ID: 23797118
Hello, I was having a similar problem on my network went through all the troubleshooting steps for DNS with my Linksys RV082 router and came up still having a problem. The work around I discovered was to add the server and ip address to the host file of all my networked PCs.
To access the hosts file on Windows you need to browse to the following directory:
C:\Windows\System32\driver
Once you are there click on the hosts file and open it using notepad.
You should see an entry like this:
127.0.0.1 localhost
Add you server and ip address here, should look like this:
127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.1.101 myserv
Save and close.
Id would like to point out that if you are using DHCP this will only work as long as your server's ip lease time. Since it is a server id recommend setting it to a static ip address outside of your DHCP pool.
Since you did mention you have laptops you may have to undo this configuration when connecting to other network, it just depends on how they are setup. Good Luck!