I am using XP SP2 and need to access a windows share on server A (Windows 2003 Server). This server is on another domain as my laptop and has IP address 192.168.1.1. When I try to go to a server shared folder on my laptop I can't find it by selecting \\192.168.1.1 and get error the "network path was not found" when typing in the run command. I don't even get an authentication username and password popup. However I can access windows shares on server B \\192.168.1.2 (i get the username and password popup) which is also WIndows 2003 server and on the same domain as server A. The strange thing is that I can access the shared folders on 192.168.1.1 when I am remotely in 192.168.1.2 but not directly from my PC. I can't understand why I can access the one server but not the other as their setups look exactly the same. My IP is auto assigned and is in the 172 range. My laptop is on another domain than the servers and I am not connected to my domain as I am offsite. I can remote desktop into both servers IPs. I can ping both servers IPs I can only access the one server shares and not both??? How can I access the folder share on the 192.168.1.1 directly as I need to copy a file to my machine that is very large and can't copy from server A to server B to my machine due to size limitations on server B. so my problem is I can't see the share on server A to copy to my laptop and I am stuck. Any help?

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Server B can see Server A's shares, but YOU, from outside the network can not.. (First 
of all, you are talking about non-routable IP addresses here, so you are not that 
far away because these IP addresses wouldn't work over the internet)

Can the laptop see the shares on Server A when it is connected directly to the same 
network?  

Check firewall settings, because obviously you are being blocked when you are outside 
the same network as Server A.

Its hard to say if it is a network issue or not, because you said you are offsite 
and yet you mention non-routable IP addresses.. You will not connect over the internet 
to any of these addresses, so please explain where you really are on the network.

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With offsite I mean I am not cnnected to my laptop domain. This is directrly connected to the local network and NOT the internet. I am at antother network with its own domain. When I connect to the network I get assigned IP 172.X.X.X. There are server A,B,C in the same room on the same switch with IPs 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.3. I looked at these server and they are setup all the same and all have shares on them and don't have firewalls installed. What I find strange is that I can access the ones shares but not the others. I have in the past accessed shares by not being on the domain of a client but then the servers are in my same IP range as my auto assigned PC. In this case they are on a different range and I can access only the ones shares. All of them can't access my shares but I can remote desktop into them all.


On Friday, September 28, 2007 at 7:39 am, appleoddity wrote:
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>Server B can see Server A's shares, but YOU, from outside the network can not.. (First
>of all, you are talking about non-routable IP addresses here, so you are not that
>far away because these IP addresses wouldn't work over the internet)
>
>Can the laptop see the shares on Server A when it is connected directly to the same
>network?
>
>Check firewall settings, because obviously you are being blocked when you are outside
>the same network as Server A.
>
>Its hard to say if it is a network issue or not, because you said you are offsite
>and yet you mention non-routable IP addresses.. You will not connect over the internet
>to any of these addresses, so please explain where you really are on the network.
>
>

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What happens if you try connecting using \\IPAddress.DomainName?

Jeff

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W2K3 R2 has the firewall enabled. Most likely the File and Print Sharing exceptions are set up for the local subnet only. You need to change the scope from "My Network" to "Any Computer". The result will be that the server will prompt you for credentials instead of rejecting the communication outright.


On the W2K3 Server: 1. Open Properties of the Network Connection. 2. Go to "Advanced" tab then click the "Settings" button. 3. Click on the exceptions tab. 4. Highlight "File and Print Sharing" then click the "Edit" button. 5. For each defined port: i) Highlight the port name and click Change Scope ii) Change the setting from "My Network" to "Any Device"


On Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at 6:43 am, atro wrote:
>I am using XP SP2 and need to access a windows share on server A (Windows 2003 Server).
>This server is on another domain as my laptop and has IP address 192.168.1.1. When
>I try to go to a server shared folder on my laptop I can't find it by selecting \\192.168.1.1
>and get error the "network path was not found" when typing in the run command. I
>don't even get an authentication username and password popup.
>
>
>However I can access windows shares on server B \\192.168.1.2 (i get the username
>and password popup) which is also WIndows 2003 server and on the same domain as server
>A.
>The strange thing is that I can access the shared folders on 192.168.1.1 when I am
>remotely in 192.168.1.2 but not directly from my PC.
>I can't understand why I can access the one server but not the other as their setups
>look exactly the same.
>
>My IP is auto assigned and is in the 172 range.
>My laptop is on another domain than the servers and I am not connected to my domain
>as I am offsite.
>I can remote desktop into both servers IPs.
>I can ping both servers IPs
>I can only access the one server shares and not both???
>
>How can I access the folder share on the 192.168.1.1 directly as I need to copy a
>file to my machine that is very large and can't copy from server A to server B to
>my machine due to size limitations on server B. so my problem is I can't see the
>share on server A to copy to my laptop and I am stuck.
>
>Any help?

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Hi the ICS service is nor running on any of the servers for me to go to firewall exceptions and i don't have authority to start it. Since the ICS services aren't started on all the servers then there is no way that it can have an impact and be the solution. The servers are all Windows 2003 enterprise SP1.


On Tuesday, October 9, 2007 at 1:49 pm, Tb0N3 wrote:
>W2K3 R2 has the firewall enabled. Most likely the File and Print Sharing exceptions
>are set up for the local subnet only. You need to change the scope from "My Network"
>to "Any Computer". The result will be that the server will prompt you for credentials
>instead of rejecting the communication outright.
>

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Can you please tell me if you are able to access the shares when you are connected 
locally, on the same network?  You never mentioned that.

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I am connected on the same local network. I can access one servers shares and not the others despite those servers being the exact hardware and Windows 2003 Sp1 and I couldn't find a difference between the two servers making it a real head scratcher


On Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at 6:41 am, appleoddity wrote:
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>Can you please tell me if you are able to access the shares when you are connected
>locally, on the same network? You never mentioned that.
>
>
>

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Ugh.. I didn't make myself clear.  Earlier in the thread you said the servers are 
on 192.168.x.x

Your laptop is on 172.x.x.x

What happens when you plug into the SAME network as the servers?  In other words, 
the same SUBNET, where your laptop has an IP address in the range 192.168.x.x?  Can 
you still not get to the shares?

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I'm actually having a somewhat similar problem.

I have 2 physical Win2k3 servers set up, and each has VMware Server.  One server 
hosts 2 virtual Win2k3 servers, and the other serves 3 in addition to 2 NT4 virtual 
machines.  Recently, we changed our lmhosts file to define a route between the physical 
servers to take advantage of a gigabit connection we've placed all our servers on. 
 This network is 192.168.101.xxx, and our primary network is 192.168.100.xxx.  The 
physical servers have a NIC on both networks, and the virtual machines are bridged 
to the 192.168.100.xxx, and all virtual machines have a 192.168.100.xxx address.

Just a quick glance at our topology:

Server A                  Server B
  - Virt Server 1           - Virt Server 1
  - Virt Server 2           - Virt Server 2
                            - Virt Server 3
                            - Virt Server 4
                            - Virt Server 5

Since making this addition, we can no longer access Server B from any virtual servers 
it hosts.  The virtual servers on Server A can access both physical servers, and 
the virtual servers on Server B can access Server A, and all client computers in 
our network can access both physical servers as well as all virtual servers on both 
physical servers.

I've verified that the VMware Server is set to not automaticall bridge to the gigabit 
connection we use as our backbone (it was strangely omitted, but we re-denied it 
and restarted the virtual servers that we could).  Also, I've removed the lmhosts 
file and performed nbtstat -R on all server computers.

I'm still unable to figure out how this problem came about, and even more in the 
dark as to how to fix it.

Thank you,

Jared







On Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at 6:43 am, atro wrote:

>I am using XP SP2 and need to access a windows share on server A (Windows 2003 Server). 

>This server is on another domain as my laptop and has IP address 192.168.1.1. When 

>I try to go to a server shared folder on my laptop I can't find it by selecting 
\\192.168.1.1 

>and get error the "network path was not found" when typing in the run command. I 

>don't even get an authentication username and password popup.

>

>

>However I can access windows shares on server B \\192.168.1.2 (i get the username 

>and password popup) which is also WIndows 2003 server and on the same domain as 
server 

>A.

>The strange thing is that I can access the shared folders on 192.168.1.1 when I 
am 

>remotely in 192.168.1.2 but not directly from my PC.

>I can't understand why I can access the one server but not the other as their setups 

>look exactly the same.

>

>My IP is auto assigned and is in the 172 range.

>My laptop is on another domain than the servers and I am not connected to my domain 

>as I am offsite.

>I can remote desktop into both servers IPs.

>I can ping both servers IPs

>I can only access the one server shares and not both???

>

>How can I access the folder share on the 192.168.1.1 directly as I need to copy 
a 

>file to my machine that is very large and can't copy from server A to server B to 

>my machine due to size limitations on server B. so my problem is I can't see the 

>share on server A to copy to my laptop and I am stuck.

>

>Any help? 

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I should also mention that I am able to ping all hosts from all other hosts (I can 
ping Server B from all the virtual servers that Server B hosts, and vice versa). 
 The same is true for Server A and it's virtual servers.

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Well, we've fixed our problem. Turns out it was caused by an update that was packaged in SP2. Our fix was to disable the following registry keys: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Paramters\EnableTCPA HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Paramters\EnableTCPChimney HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Paramters\EnableRSS And run the following command: Netsh int ip set chimney DISABLED We found the following article: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/98226 which mentioned http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912222 In any case, I hope this fix helps somebody else.

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