DaveKB
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"The network path was not found"...
OK, I'm by no means an expert in this field so I feel like a fish out of water, but here goes...
I have been setting up a small network at home, purely for the purposes of learning.
I have 3 PCs:
1) W2K server, successfully configured as a domain controller.
2) XP Pro Desktop
3) XP Pro Laptop
I have managed to get the two XP Pro machines to join the domain. The laptop works perfectly in itself. However whilst the Desktop machine did join successfuly, it cannot access any shared folders/computers/printers
The domain controller passes every test in dcdiag and netdiag. I am using DHCP.
The weird thing is, I can successfully ping the server by name from both clients, but when trying to ping either of the workstations by name (whether from the server or a workstation), although the IP address resolves correctly, I always get 4x "The request timed out".
I could go on for ages, but hopefully that describes my problem well enough to get started.
It may be worth mentioning that the Laptop has been configured with mapped drives to the server, and a shared printer, both of which work perfectly.
I'm stumped! It's taken me 3 months to get this far, and I can see light at the end of the tunnel! (I'm not an IT professional)
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Dave
I have been setting up a small network at home, purely for the purposes of learning.
I have 3 PCs:
1) W2K server, successfully configured as a domain controller.
2) XP Pro Desktop
3) XP Pro Laptop
I have managed to get the two XP Pro machines to join the domain. The laptop works perfectly in itself. However whilst the Desktop machine did join successfuly, it cannot access any shared folders/computers/printers
The domain controller passes every test in dcdiag and netdiag. I am using DHCP.
The weird thing is, I can successfully ping the server by name from both clients, but when trying to ping either of the workstations by name (whether from the server or a workstation), although the IP address resolves correctly, I always get 4x "The request timed out".
I could go on for ages, but hopefully that describes my problem well enough to get started.
It may be worth mentioning that the Laptop has been configured with mapped drives to the server, and a shared printer, both of which work perfectly.
I'm stumped! It's taken me 3 months to get this far, and I can see light at the end of the tunnel! (I'm not an IT professional)
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Dave
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Hey lrmoore, I shut down Zonealarm on the Workstation, and immediately the ping command worked. Started Zonelarm again, got "request timed out" again, so that's definately the cause. Thanks.
Also, with ZoneAlarm shut down, I can now see all network shares and printers.
I would never have thought it couls be that simple!
Thanks my friend.
Also, with ZoneAlarm shut down, I can now see all network shares and printers.
I would never have thought it couls be that simple!
Thanks my friend.
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