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"System Error 53: Network path was not found" when accessing share

Zones: Active Directory, Miscellaneous Networking, Peer to Peer

Tags: System Error 53: Network path was not found

I have a personal laptop, and a company laptop which has a shared directory.

From my personal laptop, I cannot access the shared directory on the company network when both computers are peers on the company network.

I get: System error 53 has occurred. The network path was not found.

However from my personal laptop, I can ping my company laptop AND telnet to it on port 139.

Now here's the thing: I can access the shared directory from my personal laptop if I connect my company laptop to a 2nd internet connection (using ICS) on my personal laptop.

So this DOES works: companyNetwork ------- personal laptop (ICS) --------- company laptop

And this does NOT work: companyNetwork-------personal laptop
|_______company laptop

My question is: Does having the company laptop connect directly to the company network (rather than behind a NAT firewall) trigger some kind of group policy that prevents access from computer that isn't part of the same domain?

And if so, how can I access the share from my personal laptop without joining the company domain?

If not, what could be the problem here?

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Question Stats

Zone: Software

Question Asked By: airplays

Solution Provided By: tlman12

Participating Experts: 1

Solution Grade: A

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