System error 53 has occured

[Guest]

I am trying to share network printer in my home networking. I was able to do
this until I reinstall XP pro on my machine1. When I do net view i get the
aboove error.
Any ideas ?

Thanks
Andy

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

The system error is name resolution or connection issue. can you do net view \\ip?

System Errors System error 53 - The network path was not found. Symptom: when using net view \\ip or \\computername, you get system error 53. ...
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Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
I am trying to share network printer in my home networking. I was able to do
this until I reinstall XP pro on my machine1. When I do net view i get the
aboove error.
Any ideas ?

Thanks
Andy

 

[Guest]

No I still get the same error

"System error 53 has occurred.
The network path was not found."

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

You may not be able to ping it too. Do you?

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
No I still get the same error

"System error 53 has occurred.
The network path was not found."

 

[Guest]

No

You may not be able to ping it too. Do you?

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
No I still get the same error

"System error 53 has occurred.
The network path was not found."

 

[Guest]

No

You may not be able to ping it too. Do you?

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
No I still get the same error

"System error 53 has occurred.
The network path was not found."

 

[Chuck]

I am trying to share network printer in my home networking. I was able to do
this until I reinstall XP pro on my machine1. When I do net view i get the
aboove error.
Any ideas ?

Thanks
Andy

Andy,

The "name not found" aka "error = 53" condition can have many causes. How about
you provide "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all" from each computer, so we can
diagnose the problem. Read this article, and linked articles, and follow
instructions precisely:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp

 

[Guest]

thanks for the help, Its working. I had to check netbios over tcp/ip.

Thanks

 

[Chuck]

thanks for the help, Its working. I had to check netbios over tcp/ip.

Thanks

That's great news. Thanks for the feedback.