RE: Can't see other computers/nodes on network!

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No problem, I glad I was able to help.

~jp
--
James E. Price III
Fairway Consulting Group, Inc.
O: 954-727-5126
C: 305-970-4902
E: jprice@xxxxxxxxxx
W: www.fcgroup.us


"Knight Technologies" wrote:

> Yeah, sometimes I felt like sending this back to them, last time I felt that
> way was with Windows 98, I spend almost 24/7 behind computer screen have been
> for years so I check stuff out as much as possible, you never stop learning
> and this is actually new to me, it's like making everything 1 big hardrive
> and using user authentication and folder share on/off switches to keep
> networks components seperated from being able to communicate with eachother.
>
> And here I was doing it the hardway thinkin I'd need to make my own
> application to browse files and folders and connect the network or continue
> using webservers on each client.
>
> Thanks for all your help I really appreciate it, I'm suprised though you
> don't have MVP next to your name because you seem to know what you're talkin
> about, atleast the info. got me going in right direction, later.
>
> --
> Knight Technologies (http://knight-technologies.us)
> E4 Chat (http://e4chat.com)
>
>
> "James Price" wrote:
>
> > LOL...ok, well it this case that won't make a difference but anytime you are
> > using any special or beta versions of a product or even for that matter if
> > you have a feature pack like WSS of MIIS installed it's helpful to know b/c
> > they may include enhanced features or have disabled other features.
> >
> >
> > --
> > James E. Price III
> > Fairway Consulting Group, Inc.
> > O: 954-727-5126
> > C: 305-970-4902
> > E: jprice@xxxxxxxxxx
> > W: www.fcgroup.us
> >
> >
> > "Knight Technologies" wrote:
> >
> > > After making some adjustments today I finally got it, thing is not sure
> > > exactly what I did, but I noticed if it you click Map Network Drive and the
> > > computers don't come in list, sometimes using Start/Search/Search for
> > > Computers works which leads me to believe there's a bug.
> > >
> > > After I search for the computer using search and the results come up, the
> > > computers show up in the Map Network Drive List.
> > >
> > > Forgot to mention, the OS I'm using is Windows Server 2003 R2.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Knight Technologies (http://knight-technologies.us)
> > > E4 Chat (http://e4chat.com)
> > >
> > >
> > > "James Price" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Ok, the first thing I see is that the server isn't using the same DNS server
> > > > as the workstation, Server is using 127.0.0.1 and the workstation is using
> > > > 192.168.0.10. Now I'm guessing that the reason you can still browse the
> > > > Internet on the server is that during the domain setup it setup DNS on the
> > > > server itself and it's probably configured to forward to either 192.168.0.10
> > > > or something on the Internet.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Is the workstation a member of the same domain as the server (knight-tech2)?
> > > >
> > > > Do you have 2 NICs in the server by any chance, if not then no big deal?
> > > >
> > > > You can also probable ping and get some degree of name resolution b/c you're
> > > > on a flat LAN meaning that everything on the 192.168.0.0/24 network can
> > > > broadcast for NetBIOS and they will get a response b/c there isn't anything
> > > > to stop them. Not a bad thing but not ideal either.
> > > >
> > > > In general terms the way this should work is that your server(s) provide
> > > > pretty much all your network services except (switching, routing (unless your
> > > > using ISA or RRAS)), so you want to configure DNS, DHCP (and WINS if you
> > > > really need it, if you are AD and W2K or higher you shouldn't need WINS). So
> > > > a client gets DHCP from the server and the DHCP info should include:
> > > >
> > > > 1) Default GW
> > > > 2) DNS Server
> > > >
> > > > Now I like to include a few extras like domain name, primary DNS suffix and
> > > > NTP; these are not required but often handy to have around. Additionally, I
> > > > configure DHCP to register ALL clients with DNS regardless of whether or not
> > > > they request it. This keeps my DNS Zones up to date and makes sure MMC for
> > > > remote management work as expected. In order for this to work you also need
> > > > to make sure you create a reverse lookup zone for your LAN, again not
> > > > required but a good practice.
> > > >
> > > > So a client comes on the network it broadcasts for a DHCP server and your
> > > > server answers, your clients all get consistent info from your windows server
> > > > and that is the beginning of the conversation.
> > > >
> > > > After that you should be able to browse the Network Neighborhood or type a
> > > > UNC path on a client and see the resource on the server.
> > > >
> > > > *****************************************************************
> > > > If you are running any client side firewalls i.e. XPSP2 and Server SP1 you
> > > > may need to make sure you are allowing File and Print Sharing. A lot of
> > > > folks don't like the new MS client side FW, I do, you've got to do a little
> > > > more work to get them configured correctly but if we'd been using them 3
> > > > years ago we'd have saved a lot of time and more money than I can count from
> > > > cleaning up from NIMBDA, Code Red, etc.
> > > >
> > > > That should get you working; if not we'll take a look at some other things.
> > > > Unless you created any shares on the server you should see 3 by default:
> > > >
> > > > 1) Netlogon
> > > > 2) Sysvol
> > > > 3) Scheduled Tasks
> > > >
> > > > Try creating a shared printer or share a directory and see if you can see
> > > > that by browsing \\servername\
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > James E. Price III
> > > > Fairway Consulting Group, Inc.
> > > > O: 954-727-5126
> > > > C: 305-970-4902
> > > > E: jprice@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > > W: www.fcgroup.us
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Knight Technologies" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Let's take this from the top so we know what we're working with. Are you
> > > > > working in a Windows Domain (did one exits and you joined it or did your
> > > > > create one when you set up this server)?
> > > > > I created a domain controller when I setup the server.
> > > > >
> > > > > In system properties full computer name says: knight-tech.knight-tech2
> > > > >
> > > > > Domain says: KNIGHT-TECH2
> > > > >
> > > > > Run an IPCONFIG /all on your server and on a workstation your having
> > > > > problems with and let's see what the basic network settings are?
> > > > >
> > > > > MAIN SERVER:
> > > > >
> > > > > Windows IP Configuration
> > > > >
> > > > > Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : knight-tech
> > > > > Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : KNIGHT-TECH2
> > > > > Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
> > > > > IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> > > > > WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> > > > > DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : KNIGHT-TECH2
> > > > > Unknown
> > > > >
> > > > > Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
> > > > >
> > > > > Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Unknown
> > > > > Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Controller
> > > > > DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> > > > > Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> > > > > IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.100
> > > > > Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> > > > > Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.10
> > > > > DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.10
> > > > > DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 127.0.0.1
> > > > > Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, August 13, 2005 8:18:45 PM
> > > > > Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, August 20, 2005 8:18:45 PM
> > > > >
> > > > > CLIENT:
> > > > > Windows IP Configuration
> > > > >
> > > > > Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : knight-tech9
> > > > > Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
> > > > > Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
> > > > > IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> > > > > WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> > > > > DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : Unknown
> > > > >
> > > > > Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 3:
> > > > >
> > > > > Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Unknown
> > > > > Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG
> > > > > Network
> > > > > Connection
> > > > > Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> > > > > Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> > > > > IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.103
> > > > > Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> > > > > Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.10
> > > > > DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.10
> > > > > DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.10
> > > > > Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, August 14, 2005 6:30:44 PM
> > > > > Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, August 21, 2005 6:30:44 PM
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Which server in your network is your DNS server, is it the same one listed
> > > > > in the IPCONFIG /ALL?
> > > > > The MAIN SERVER.
> > > > >
> > > > > Modem: 192.168.0.1
> > > > > Router: 192.168.0.10
> > > > >
> > > > > Router handles DNS Resolving.
> > > > >
> > > > > Do you have a valid IP address, if you have something like 169.n.n.n, then
> > > > > you aren't getting a valid IP address and we can start there.
> > > > > All addresses seem valid, I'm running internet services, eg website, with no
> > > > > problems, all machines can connect to services on main server and/or hosted
> > > > > on clients.
> > > > >
> > > > > On the workstation can you ping the server by hostname and by IP address?
> > > > > Yes
> > > > >
> > > > > On the server can you ping the workstation by hostname and by IP address?
> > > > > Yes
> > > > >
> > > > > Can you browse the Internet from both the server and the workstation?
> > > > > Something like www.microsoft.com or www.google.com?
> > > > > Yes
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Knight Technologies (http://knight-technologies.us)
> > > > > E4 Chat (http://e4chat.com)
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > "James Price" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Let's take this from the top so we know what we're working with. Are you
> > > > > > working in a Windows Domain (did one exits and you joined it or did your
> > > > > > create one when you set up this server)?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Run an IPCONFIG /all on your server and on a workstation your having
> > > > > > problems with and let's see what the basic network settings are?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If you open a command prompt Start->Run-> type "cmd" and press <OK> then you
> > > > > > can run commands in that window.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Which server in your network is your DNS server, is it the same one listed
> > > > > > in the IPCONFIG /ALL?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Do you have a valid IP address, if you have something like 169.n.n.n, then
> > > > > > you aren't getting a valid IP address and we can start there.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On the workstation can you ping the server by hostname and by IP address?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On the server can you ping the workstation by hostname and by IP address?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Can you browse the Internet from both the server and the workstation?
> > > > > > Something like www.microsoft.com or www.google.com?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > James E. Price III
> > > > > > Fairway Consulting Group, Inc.
> > > > > > O: 954-727-5126
> > > > > > C: 305-970-4902
> > > > > > E: jprice@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > > W: www.fcgroup.us
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "Knight Technologies" wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > I can't see or find other computers on the network at all and I have File and
> > > > > > > Printer Sharing turned on?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Also, I'm running Windows Server 2003 and don't see how to create a group
> > > > > > > network like with other Windows OS's, there is no "Create Home or Office
> > > > > > > Network" option, etc. I'm assuming that as this is Windows Server the
> > > > > > > computer name would be the workgroup correct?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > Knight Technologies (http://knight-technologies.us)
> > > > > > > E4 Chat (http://e4chat.com)
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