Network shares inaccessable (can ping any computer, can view www)

[Guest]

What works:
The computer correctly registers DHCP information, acquiring ip addressing.
I cannot get a particular computer to access any files / shares on the
network.
I can ping the other computers by ip address and name.
I can ping and view the internet.
Workgroup and name of computer have not changed since it worked.

Problem:
Network shares inaccessable (they were previously accessible)
Network Neighborhood doesn't list any computers.


The network has been up and running perfectly fine for a long time.
I have not made any hardware changes on the network.

Any ideas? (Thanks in advance!)

 

[Tim Hackett]

One more thing to mention:
I can access the following from the computer that is having the issues:

Remote desktop works (to other computers, namely the server), the server is
running Win2003sbs
I can access port 80 (http://192.168.1.18) works

 

[Trent©]

What works:
The computer correctly registers DHCP information, acquiring ip addressing.
I cannot get a particular computer to access any files / shares on the
network.
I can ping the other computers by ip address and name.
I can ping and view the internet.
Workgroup and name of computer have not changed since it worked.

Problem:
Network shares inaccessable (they were previously accessible)
Network Neighborhood doesn't list any computers.


The network has been up and running perfectly fine for a long time.
I have not made any hardware changes on the network.

Any ideas? (Thanks in advance!)

See if sp2 got installed while you weren't lookin'.


Have a nice one...

Trent

Budweiser: Helping ugly people have sex since 1876!

 

[Tim Hackett]

Nope still has SP1 installed.

See if sp2 got installed while you weren't lookin'.


Have a nice one...

Trent

Budweiser: Helping ugly people have sex since 1876!

 

[Chuck]

What works:
The computer correctly registers DHCP information, acquiring ip addressing.
I cannot get a particular computer to access any files / shares on the
network.
I can ping the other computers by ip address and name.
I can ping and view the internet.
Workgroup and name of computer have not changed since it worked.

Problem:
Network shares inaccessable (they were previously accessible)
Network Neighborhood doesn't list any computers.


The network has been up and running perfectly fine for a long time.
I have not made any hardware changes on the network.

Any ideas? (Thanks in advance!)

Tim,

Do some basic diagnostic work please. Use one of the non-problem computers as a
control, and provide diagnostic for the problem computer, and for that
non-problem computer.

Please provide ipconfig information for each computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.
Identify operating system (by name and version) with each ipconfig listing.

Please provide net view for each computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "net view >c:\netview.txt" into the command window -
Open c:\netview.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.

The Microsoft Browstat program will show us what browsers you have in your
domain / workgroup, at any time.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305

You can download Browstat from either:
<http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip>
<http://rescomp.stanford.edu/staff/manual/rcc/tools/browstat.zip>

Browstat is very small (40K), and needs no install. Just unzip the downloaded
file, copy browstat.exe to any folder in the Path, and run it from a command
window.

For more information about the browser subsystem (very intricate), see:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188001
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbrowse.mspx>

Please provide browstat information for each computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "browstat status >c:\browstat.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\browstat.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Tim Hackett]

For some reason, the computer is magically working now after half a day of
research. (without changing anything)

Gotta love Windows.....

Thanks guys anyway

 

[Chuck]

For some reason, the computer is magically working now after half a day of
research. (without changing anything)

Gotta love Windows.....

Thanks guys anyway

LOL. Thanks for the update, Tim.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.