Vista can't connect by name, but can access by IP

[B.Burns]

Hi,

I've recently run into the problem of not being able to connect to computers
on the local network by their names, or by the listings in the network
browser. I've recently patched up to SP1, but could still access the network
as per usual, up until a couple days ago. I have not installed any other
software or changed any settings. It just woudn't map drives, or allow me to
browse/connect by name. Furthermore, other computers cannot access my shares
either by name (which errors out with system error 123) or IP (which errors
out with system error 5).

I have netbios over TCP/IP enabled, and have my local shares shared with
"Everyone", have accounts with matching passwords for each machine on the
network, etc. Like I said, the vista machine was fine and working flawlessly
with the network until recently.

IPCONFIG output

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Skuld
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Peer-Peer
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : twcny.rr.com

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : twcny.rr.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-73-52-A1-69
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::95da:b6d8:b477:d294%10(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.107(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, March 29, 2008 12:39:00 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, March 30, 2008 12:39:00 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.92.226.40
24.92.226.41
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled


BROWSTAT output
Status for domain YGGDRASSIL on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{69231801-BB78-4AC
1-B78B-82D84A812829}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: SKULD
Master browser is running build 6001
1 backup servers retrieved from master SKULD
\\SKULD
Unable to retrieve server list from SKULD: 1130


Hopefully someone can help on this, if more info is needed, let me know.

 

[Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

We have two issues in this case.

1. System error 123 is Node type issue. you can refer to this link.

Can't access a remote computerCan't access remote computer because the Node
type is setup Peer-Peer ... A2: The node-type is causing you not to be able
to resolve names. ...
www.chicagotech.net/Networking/nodetypeissue1.htm


2. System error 5 is permission or firewall issue.

System ErrorsIf the net view command fails with a "System error 5 has
occurred. .... 2. when using net view \\hostname, you may receive "System
error 5 has occurred. ...
www.chicagotech.net/systemerrors.htm



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