Network Drives

[Freightliner]

Hi

I am having this problem with Vista Business.
My network drives were always mapped as \\SERVERNAME\foldername

Some days ago my network drive stopped working.
I remapped them using the server IP address, for instance \
\192.168.101.101\foldername
and they all work fine this way.

If I try to map the same folder using SERVERNAME instead of the IP
address, no way.

Other computers in my network running Vista do not have the same
problem: they can map a new network drive using SERVERNAME.


Thanks for help.

 

[Censored Syndrome]

Hi

I am having this problem with Vista Business.
My network drives were always mapped as \\SERVERNAME\foldername

Some days ago my network drive stopped working.
I remapped them using the server IP address, for instance \
\192.168.101.101\foldername
and they all work fine this way.

If I try to map the same folder using SERVERNAME instead of the IP
address, no way.

Other computers in my network running Vista do not have the same
problem: they can map a new network drive using SERVERNAME.

Does adding the computer names and IP addressed to the Hosts file help?

ss.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hi

I am having this problem with Vista Business.
My network drives were always mapped as \\SERVERNAME\foldername

Some days ago my network drive stopped working.
I remapped them using the server IP address, for instance \
\192.168.101.101\foldername
and they all work fine this way.

If I try to map the same folder using SERVERNAME instead of the IP
address, no way.

Other computers in my network running Vista do not have the same
problem: they can map a new network drive using SERVERNAME.


Thanks for help.

It may be that the DNS table on your system has become corrupted, so
the computer can no longer associate a server name with its IP address.
Try flushing your DSN table.

At the command prompt, type IPCONFIG /FLUSHDNS, and then reboot.


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[Freightliner]

Does adding the computer names and IP addressed to the Hosts file help?

actually I cant even save changes to the hosts file (even if I my user
is a computer administrator)

thanks for help

 

[Freightliner]

        It may be that the DNS table on your system has become corrupted, so
the computer can no longer associate a server name with its IP address.
  Try flushing your DSN table.

        At the command prompt, type IPCONFIG /FLUSHDNS, and then reboot.

Done. It does not work.

thanks for help