Cannot access wireless laptop on domain

[jamesw.martin]

I have an Lenovo Laptop on my work domain. From the laptop I can
browse the entire network. I can access shares, I can connect to
network drives, ect. However, from the domain controller I cannot
access the laptop. I have several shares that I need the laptop to
host. The entire HDD of the laptop is shared to everyone with read/
write access. I did that out of despiration. The shares are shared out
to everyone with full control.

When I try to access the unc or the ip from the DC it immediately says
the following: Windows cannot find \\192.168.1.101 Please check the
spelling again or try searching for the item by clicking start and
going to search.

I get the same message when I try to go the unc \\lizlt.domain.local
\share. I cannot browse to it, I cannot search for it. I can ping it,
it responds fine. I do have VNC into it as well, and VNC works fine.
As does RDP.

The laptop has the windows firewall service turned off, and there is
no other firewall on there. I have been fighting with this issue for a
long time now, and I have run out of ideas.

The laptop is a lenovo X41 with XP pro SP2. It is on the network,
joined to the domain, in DNS, in IN-add-arpa. I dont get it. I just
dont get it.

 

[John Wunderlich]

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I have an Lenovo Laptop on my work domain. From the laptop I can
browse the entire network. I can access shares, I can connect to
network drives, ect. However, from the domain controller I cannot
access the laptop. I have several shares that I need the laptop to
host. The entire HDD of the laptop is shared to everyone with
read/ write access. I did that out of despiration. The shares are
shared out to everyone with full control.

When I try to access the unc or the ip from the DC it immediately
says the following: Windows cannot find \\192.168.1.101 Please
check the spelling again or try searching for the item by clicking
start and going to search.

I get the same message when I try to go the unc
\\lizlt.domain.local \share. I cannot browse to it, I cannot
search for it. I can ping it, it responds fine. I do have VNC into
it as well, and VNC works fine. As does RDP.

The laptop has the windows firewall service turned off, and there
is no other firewall on there. I have been fighting with this
issue for a long time now, and I have run out of ideas.

The laptop is a lenovo X41 with XP pro SP2. It is on the network,
joined to the domain, in DNS, in IN-add-arpa. I dont get it. I
just dont get it.

It sounds like you are using a wireless NAT Router to connect to your
domain network. A NAT Router will act like a firewall as far as
outside-connections-coming-in is concerned. If this is the case, you
have two choices:
1) Replace the Router with a wireless "Access Point", or
2) Configure the Router such that your computer is in the DMZ (or
alternately forward all ports to your computer). If you do this, you
will have to connect (from outside) using your Router's IP address, not
the one the Router assigns your computer.

HTH,
John

 

[Supacool]

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It sounds like you are using a wireless NAT Router to connect to your
domain network. A NAT Router will act like a firewall as far as
outside-connections-coming-in is concerned. If this is the case, you
have two choices:
1) Replace the Router with a wireless "Access Point", or
2) Configure the Router such that your computer is in the DMZ (or
alternately forward all ports to your computer). If you do this, you
will have to connect (from outside) using your Router's IP address, not
the one the Router assigns your computer.

HTH,
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Thats interesting John. I am running a NAT router..... I should try to
switch it over to a pure AP.

 

[John Wunderlich]

Thats interesting John. I am running a NAT router..... I should
try to switch it over to a pure AP.

In a pinch, you can sometimes make a NAT router act like an access
point if you do the following:

1) Disable DHCP on the router
2) Change the router's LAN IP address to be in the range (same subnet)
as the network you're connecting to (also being unique)
3) Connect the network cable to the LAN port, leaving the WAN port
empty. (some routers may require a cross-cable for this).

Good Luck,
John

 

[Supacool]

In a pinch, you can sometimes make a NAT router act like an access
point if you do the following:

1) Disable DHCP on the router
2) Change the router's LAN IP address to be in the range (same subnet)
as the network you're connecting to (also being unique)
3) Connect the network cable to the LAN port, leaving the WAN port
empty. (some routers may require a cross-cable for this).

Good Luck,
John- Hide quoted text -

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Im going to install an linksys pure ap that I have laying around. I
will disable the radio on the other, and see if that works.

The router ap is on the same subnet as the rest of the pc's in the
domain. DHCP is also turned off, with the Domain Controller handing
out IP addresses.