XP Pro and missing Entire Network

M

Michael Brown

I have a Windows XP Pro SP2 PC on a domain network. I'm having trouble
trying to map network drives to any shares on my server.
I can ping the server and all other PC's on the network, web browsing and
access to my Exchange Server mailbox on Outlook are working fine.
I run nslookup and get a response for the correct internal server
I can use "net use \\servername" via a command prompt to see all the
available shares on the server

When I open Run and try using \\servername I get network path not found.
when I try "net use u: \\servername\share" I get the same error. When I open
"My Network Places" and then "Entire Network", the list is blank - no
"Microsoft Windows Network". I have tried reinstalling "Client for Microsoft
Networks", scanning for any viruses and spyware and also running a TCP
winsock repair tool. The Windows Firewall on this PC has been disabled.
These problems happen for the normal user and administrator.
 
L

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]

Michael Brown said:
I have a Windows XP Pro SP2 PC on a domain network. I'm having trouble
trying to map network drives to any shares on my server.
I can ping the server and all other PC's on the network, web browsing
and access to my Exchange Server mailbox on Outlook are working fine.
I run nslookup and get a response for the correct internal server
I can use "net use \\servername" via a command prompt to see all the
available shares on the server

When I open Run and try using \\servername I get network path not
found. when I try "net use u: \\servername\share" I get the same
error. When I open "My Network Places" and then "Entire Network", the
list is blank - no "Microsoft Windows Network". I have tried
reinstalling "Client for Microsoft Networks", scanning for any
viruses and spyware and also running a TCP winsock repair tool. The
Windows Firewall on this PC has been disabled. These problems happen
for the normal user and administrator.
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Try posting an unedited IPCONFIG /all from your workstation & from the
server.
 
S

Steve White

Workstation:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

Y:\>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : D5TW6Z1J
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : smallbusiness.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : smallbusiness.local
smallbusiness.local

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : smallbusiness.local
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit
Cont
roller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-22-42-E5-70
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.186
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.250
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.10
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.10
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 28 June 2007 20:53:02
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 06 July 2007 20:53:02

Y:\>

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

Y:\>NSLOOKUP
Default Server: contelsvr.smallbusinessl.local
Address: 192.168.99.10





Server:

Microsoft Windows [Version 5.2.3790]
(C) Copyright 1985-2003 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.SMALLBUSINESS>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : contelsvr
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : smallbusiness.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : smallbusiness.local

Ethernet adapter Server Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : HP NC373i Multifunction Gigabit
Server Ad
apter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-BB-34-BB-BA
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.10
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.250
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.10
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.10







"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
 
L

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]

Inline -

Steve White said:
Workstation:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

Y:\>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : D5TW6Z1J
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : smallbusiness.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : smallbusiness.local
smallbusiness.local

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : smallbusiness.local
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx
Gigabit Cont
roller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-22-42-E5-70
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.186
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.250
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.10
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.10
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 28 June 2007 20:53:02
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 06 July 2007 20:53:02
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NetBIOS over TCP/IP isn't enabled and the client isn't pointing at the WINS
server.
Y:\>

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

Y:\>NSLOOKUP
Default Server: contelsvr.smallbusinessl.local
Address: 192.168.99.10





Server:

Microsoft Windows [Version 5.2.3790]
(C) Copyright 1985-2003 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.SMALLBUSINESS>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : contelsvr
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : smallbusiness.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : smallbusiness.local

Ethernet adapter Server Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : HP NC373i Multifunction Gigabit
Server Ad
apter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-BB-34-BB-BA
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.10
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.250
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.10
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.99.10
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Change your DHCP server config on this box to dish out 192.168.99.10 for
WINS and the node type of 0x8.
I'd also suggest disabling the computer browser service on all workstations
via group policy - they won't need it, and it ensures you won't end up with
master browser conflicts.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
Try posting an unedited IPCONFIG /all from your workstation & from
the server.
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