Re: Computer offline

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Hi Ed,

Check your DNS Settings. Every PC on the LAN, including the server's inside
NIC if you are running two NICs, or the single NIC if you are using one.
need to point to the internal IP address of the SBS box (192.168.16.2 by
default) for DNS (as their only DNS, no secondary unless you have a second
DC). Are you able to ping or browse to the SBS server by name?

Night,
Steve

Steven Banks, MCP, CSSA [SBS MVP]
Banks Consulting Northwest Inc.
http://www.banksnw.com

Co-Author, Advanced Windows Small Business Server 2003 Best Practices
"Ed B." <EdB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> after installing SBS and having all pc's join the domain, i have 10
> licenses
> for my sbs, after few days couple computers start working offline, and the
> synchronization failed, i tried to restart with no luck, i also
> disconnected
> the computers from the domain and rejoined the domain with no luck. this
> the
> message that i am getting on the little monitor icon on the bottom right
> corner of my screen
>
> Offline files- Working offline
> You are nol longer connected to server xxxxx, you may continue working
> normaly
>
> when logging off the system synchronization fails as well with following
> message
>
> Error occurred while windows was synchronizing your data
> offile files(\\sfc\users on sfc): unable to connect to '\\sfc\users' the
> network name cannot be found
>
> Ed
>
>
>


.



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