remote shared folder \\192.168.1.23\myproj is unavailable. But everything seems fine ?

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I try to connect to a remote shared folder \\192.168.1.23\myproj

This worked in the past successfully but since a few days I have problems.
An error popup appears:

"\\192.168.1.23\myproj referes to a location that is unavailable...."

Hmm, I can see the remote folder. It seems to be NOT locked.
Sharing is enabled (not changed since the last successful access in April)
Even after a reboot of the local and remote computers it does not work.

What's wrong? How can I re-initialize the sharing strucutures?

Thommy
 
Thommy,

Sounds like your computer has been given a new IP from your router via DHCP
& your existing IP no longer exists. To check this:

START | RUN
Type 'cmd' (without quotes) & press ENTER
From the commandline type: 'ipconfig /all' & check your IP against the one
you are trying. Otherwise, try this:

\\[machine_name_here]\myproj
\\[machine_name_here]\[drive_letter_here]\myproj
\\[machine_name_here]\c$\myproj (path in root C:\)
....

You get the idea
 
Thommy Kanther said:
I try to connect to a remote shared folder \\192.168.1.23\myproj

This worked in the past successfully but since a few days I have problems.
An error popup appears:

"\\192.168.1.23\myproj referes to a location that is unavailable...."

Hmm, I can see the remote folder. It seems to be NOT locked.
Sharing is enabled (not changed since the last successful access in April)
Even after a reboot of the local and remote computers it does not work.

What's wrong? How can I re-initialize the sharing strucutures?

Thommy
Click to expand...

Perhaps the share "myproj" went south? Try deleting, then recreating
it. I would also create a test share that points to some other folder,
then map a drive letter to it.
 
Thommy,

Sounds like your computer has been given a new IP from your router via DHCP
& your existing IP no longer exists. To check this:

START | RUN
Type 'cmd' (without quotes) & press ENTER
From the commandline type: 'ipconfig /all' & check your IP against the one
you are trying. Otherwise, try this:

\\[machine_name_here]\myproj
\\[machine_name_here]\[drive_letter_here]\myproj
\\[machine_name_here]\c$\myproj (path in root C:\)
....

You get the idea
 
Thommy Kanther said:
I try to connect to a remote shared folder \\192.168.1.23\myproj

This worked in the past successfully but since a few days I have problems.
An error popup appears:

"\\192.168.1.23\myproj referes to a location that is unavailable...."

Hmm, I can see the remote folder. It seems to be NOT locked.
Sharing is enabled (not changed since the last successful access in April)
Even after a reboot of the local and remote computers it does not work.

What's wrong? How can I re-initialize the sharing strucutures?

Thommy
Click to expand...

Open a command prompt and ping the IP address. Start > Run > type 'cmd' (no
quotes). At the prompt type the following...

ping 192.168.1.23

.... then press enter. If your network connection to the IP is ok your screen
with look like this.

Pinging 192.168.1.23 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.23: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.23: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.23: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.23: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.23:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 1ms

You can also try using search to locate the path. Start > Search >
"Computers or people" > "A computer on the network" > enter the path.

192.168.1.23/myproj

The folder should appear in the search results pane.

HTH
Mark
 
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