Re: Static IP Address Sharing Problem

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"Andy Baker" <abaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a small network with a Windows 2000 server and 3 XP Pro
workstations. 2 of them use dynamic IP address and 1 is a static IP
address. Everything was working fine until I needed to test a piece of
hardware which required me to change the static IP address on the PC. I
did what I needed to, then changed the static IP address back to what it
was before, but I now find that I cannot share any printers / folders on
the network. The sharing appears to work OK, but the other PCs on the
network cannot see the folders. If I change to automatically assign IP
addresses, everything works normally, and the static IP PC can access
folders on other PCs on the network. I have tried re-sharing the folders,
re-installing file and printer sharing, and setting up the other PCs via
permissions, but cannot get them to see the folders. Any suggestions would
be appreciated. Thanks.

Andy Baker

This can happen if you share your folders by IP address instead
of computer name, e.g.
\\192.168.0.67\Some Folder" instead of
"\\Some Computer\Some Folder"

You must also make sure that all PCs use he same workgroup
name.


Thanks for getting back to me. I am not using IP address to share folders,
and I have tried reconnecting to the domain - but with the same problem. I
have tried to ping the PC with the static IP address. If I type in ping
192.168.1.10 (the static IP address) it works, but if I try pinging STAT28
(the computer name) it doesn't. The computer returns 'Pinging STAT28
[192.168.1.14] with 32 bytes of data - so somehow it is getting the IP
address wrong, which is possibly why the shares are not working correctly.
I also found that when I reboot the PC with the static IP address, it
hangs for a long time on 'Applying Computer Settings' and if I check the
error log, I am getting an error 'The PrintQueue Container could not be
found because the DNS Domain Name could not be retrieved. Error :54b' I
assume this is connected to the sharing problem.

Andy Baker


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