I found this article ( http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;980873) but it appears the issue is weirder than I thought. Even when the firewall is disabled, the problem machine can access other machines and the internet fine - but nothing can connect in the other direction. Every method of connection fails with "network path not found" - and even more bizarrely, when you open "Network" from the problem machine's Start Menu, it declares "you are not connected to a network". Despite the fact it is enumerating machines by the boatload in the window underneath.
This looks a bit nasty - I think I will just flatten it. It's only a test server, and apparently it was upgraded a few different times in the past, so there may be a history of neglect and/or weirdness just waiting to bite me on the backside here. On 5 October 2010 12:13, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's a strange one - I've got a Windows 2008 R2 server that for some > reason has suddenly decided it is connected to a public, rather than a > domain network. Despite the fact that the IP address hasn't changed (it's > statically assigned) and I am logged on with domain credentials - it is > showing as "Connected" to a public network and not surprisingly, the windows > firewall is blocking just about everything, including ICA and RDP traffic, > which is proving to be rather annoying. I thought it was something to do > with the "Network Location Awareness" service, but that is running fine. > > Does anyone know how the server determines what sort of network it is > connected to, and how I could maybe convince it of the error of its ways? > > TIA, > > > > JRR > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able > rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such > a question." > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
