Re: Unable to browse network

Hello Stuart,

Thank you for kind update.

I'm glad to hear that things are working correctly for you now. Please do
not hesitate to post in this great newsgroup if you need any assistance in
the future. I look forward to working with you again.

Thank you and have a nice day,

Best regards,

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| Subject: Re: Unable to browse network
| Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:58:03 -0800
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| Thanks everyone for your help.
|
| It stimulated some further invesrtigation so I found something. I don't
know
| how it happened but the 'File and Printer Sharing' and 'Client for
Micosoft
| Networks' were both unchecked in the NIC properties.
|
| I knew it must have been something simple, but I'm not sure what process
led
| to them being unchecked.
|
|
| "Owen Williams [SBS MVP]" wrote:
|
| > In article <F4EA840C-0869-4B1A-B958-E1B69DDBA8CE@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
| > Stuart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
| >
| > > Set up as follows:
| > >
| > > Draytek Router with ADSL modem>SBS WAN NIC>SBS with ISA2004>SBS LAN
| > > NIC>Switch>Wireless Access Point>Domain PCs
| > >
| > > Laptop in question works perfectly with LAN cable to switch. Other
laptops
| > > work fine on Wifi.
| > >
| > > Wifi is controlled by Windows (rather than 3rd party app). I have
'Repaired'
| > > the network connection to refresh the IP address, etc. I have tried
giving
| > > the machine a static IP address which didn't make any difference.
| > >
| > > Does this info help?
| >
| > Yes, in the sense I have a clearer picture of your situation.
| >
| > Are all the wireless laptops the same make/model, using the same
| > wireless NIC, and at the same NIC driver level? If there are one or
| > more differences unique to the problem laptop, that would be worth
| > exploring further.
| >
| > Do any of the symptoms posted by Jim or Allen seem to apply to you? If
| > so, it may be a laptop or wireless NIC issue.
| >
| > I also read your responses to Terence Liu. From that, it sounds like
| > the laptop with a wireless connection has partial network connectivity.

| > Specifically: wirelessly, the laptop can NOT access server shares
| > ("network folders" in your post) but CAN access the SBS intranet
| > (Companyweb), the Internet, and a server desktop via RDP. Is this
| > correct?
| >
| > Check out these KBs:
| >
| > After you install security update 885250 (MS05-011), you may not be
able
| > to view the contents of a subfolder on a network share by using Windows
| > XP or Windows Server 2003
| > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896427/en-us
| >
| > Installing security update MS05-019 or Windows Server 2003 Service Pack
| > 1 may cause network connectivity between clients and servers to fail
| > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/898060/en-us
| >
| > Finally (grasping at straws a bit), this _might_ be a subtle ISA2004
| > configuration issue. Perhaps ISA blocking certain protocols from the
| > problem laptop when using a wireless connection. I don't consider this
| > a high probability, but it's worth a look.
| >
| > -- Owen Williams (SBS MVP)
| >
|

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