Adam, Does WINS (DNS if used) work on the network? It totally sounds like a name resolution problem, not a networking model problem.
themolk. > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Smith [mailto:adam.smith@;sageautomation.com] > Sent: Wednesday, 6 November 2002 9:26 AM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: Dialup Users > > > > We have a Windows NT 4.0 PDC which is also our main file server. We > also have a Windows 2000 server which is serving RAS. > > When users dial up and authenticate using RAS, they all try > and connect > to our main file server by putting '\\server' (Don't blame me -- I > didn't name it =)) into their Location bar in Windows > Explorer. This is > not an issue, as it is a perfectly valid way of browsing > network shares. > > Unfortunately majority of the time, these users can either NOT resolve > the name 'server' or they can only see one or two shares on > that server. > Today for example, one user rang me while dialled up saying he could > only see the "Data" share when he should have been presented with at > least four shares. He was attempting to access a share called > "Resources." > > I told the user to map a drive manually, with "net use Z: > \\server\resources." The map was unsuccessful, as the specified share > could not be seen. Running "Net View" displayed only the > "Data" share. > > I then instructed the user to do a "Net View \\192.168.0.2," and the > remote user was presented with *ALL* the shares he should > have seen. He > then had to map a drive to the IP address of the box, rather than its > NetBIOS name. All I could think was "What a joke." > > I've seen this so, so many times, and I find it totally > rediculous. To > me, this proves that if I were to write up an OSI Checklist > I'd get the > following: > > DEAD Application > DEAD-ISH? Presentation > :) Session > :) Transport > :) Network > :) Data Link > :) Physical > > if all the rest are working, it *HAS* to be a fault of the Microsoft > Networking model. What else could it be? > > > -- > Adam Smith > Information Technology Officer > SAGE Automation Ltd. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.sageautomation.com > > Phone: (08) 8276 0703 > Fax: (08) 8276 0799 > Mobile: 0414 895 273 > > > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
