connection to server lost

[Jack]

I have a laptop running XP Pro and a desktop running
Win2K Server that I have had connected using static ip
addresses in the past. They were disconnected for about
six months during which time I created a wireless network
with the laptop to connect to broadband. Now my location
has changed, the wireless broadband is not available. I
can ping my 2K server sometimes but data on the server is
unavailable. I get this error message: \\server\my
pictures is not accessible. You might not have
permission......etc, the network path was not found. I
am sure this has been encountered on this list but I
can't find it. TCP/IP has been reconfigured and all the
rest I can find. I have searched all the KB files I can
find that address the connectivity issue, but so far no
luck. Any suggestions would be greeted with pleasure.
Thanks. Jack

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

make sure you can ping the server ip first. and then ping the server name.
If you can't ping, check the TCP/IP configuration.

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