wondering, do you have both TCP/IP v4 and TCP/IP v6 installed and activated on that interface ? If so, try disabling v6 and see if you get any change.
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 7:30 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > ~ 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
