Re: Network Path Not found



"Chuck" wrote:

On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 18:53:02 -0700, AJEast <AJEast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:



"Chuck" wrote:

On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 13:07:02 -0700, AJEast <AJEast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:



"Chuck" wrote:

On Tue, 3 Oct 2006 21:30:02 -0700, AJEast <AJEast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I had a power outage the other night. My system came back up but now I am no
longer able to connect to any of my shares on any computer. I receive the
"Network Path not found" error.

From my other systems I can access the shares on the bad computer with no
problems.

Here is what I have done.

1. Made sure no firewall(s) were running.
2. Ping the other machines with no problem, name lookup also works
3. uninstalled the network card replaced it with another card.
4. changed the workgroup name and IP addresses of each computer
5. reinstalled sp2.
6. uninstalled both Microsoft client and file and printshare then
reinstalled.

I can do everything dealing with the network except access windows shares on
this computer. Any help would be great. I would like to fix this rather
than blow the system away and reinstall clean.

Thanks

AJ,

Looks like you have thought out a lot of possibilities. So let's start from the
beginning. Look at "ipconfig /all" from the problem computer, and from 2
others.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/reading-ipconfig-and-diagnosing.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/reading-ipconfig-and-diagnosing.html

Here is the ouput of ipconfig one from my laptop and the other from the home
desktop that does not work.

LAPTOP:
Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : averatec
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless LAN 2100
3B Mini PCI Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-23-70-E8-91
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.150
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 205.244.47.6
208.11.90.199
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.4

Home Desktop that does not work:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Home
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit
Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-43-AF-47-F1
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 205.244.47.6
205.244.47.8
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.4

OK, AJ, both ipconfig logs look OK except for one detail. With Node Type =
Hybrid, and a WINS server defined, a computer will ask the WINS server for an
address. Do you have a WINS server?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/address-resolution-on-lan.html#Hybrid>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/address-resolution-on-lan.html#Hybrid

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.


I do have a wins server. 192.168.2.4 (It is a Samba server that runs the
wins service on it also)

Well, this is one of the challenges of dealing with non-Microsoft systems. You
have a Samba server providing WINS, and you have a client computer with Node
Type = Hybrid, getting "Network Path not found", possibly when using that WINS
server.

If the problem is NOT the WINS server, check for the NetBT setting, and check
again for unrecognised personal firewalls.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/netbios-over-tcpip.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/netbios-over-tcpip.html
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.


After going through many things I still have no solution. The wins server
is answering fine for all boxes but this one. I did disable the wins server
and changed the settings on the boxes from hybrid to broadcast. Still did
not resolve the problem.

After doing some more troubleshooting I decided to use a packetsniffer on
the network. It appears when trying to connect to any share from the broken
box (\\192.168.2.4\sharename) It is sending all the traffic over on port 80
and not 445 which the other boxes do. Has this ever been seen?

Thanks
.

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