I wasn't sure wher to post this, if it needs to go somewhere else, I apologize.

I am running sbs 2003 SP2,

I am setting up 4 dell vostro 200 workstations. I have successfully setup 3
of the 4. The 4th workstation does not allow me to map a network drive to the
server. In fact when I look at the network using explore I can see all the
computers on the network, but I cannot see the server. I can see the server
and from the other 3 workstations. Any help is appreciated,

Thanks

Hello Ned,
"Ned" <Ned@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I wasn't sure wher to post this, if it needs to go somewhere else, I
>apologize.
>
> I am running sbs 2003 SP2,
>
> I am setting up 4 dell vostro 200 workstations. I have successfully setup
> 3
> of the 4. The 4th workstation does not allow me to map a network drive to
> the
> server. In fact when I look at the network using explore I can see all the
> computers on the network, but I cannot see the server. I can see the
> server
> and from the other 3 workstations. Any help is appreciated,
>
Network environment is not the most reliable thing, especially if you do not
use a WINS server.
All PCs already member of the domain?
Could the failing machine have a bug in the TCP/IP configuration (typo in
some place, wrong subnet mask, DNS server pointing to the wrong system).
(What shows ipconfig /all on the client and on the server?)
Can you ping the server by name and/or by IP address?
What happens, if you click Start/Run and enter \\Servername\Sharename for
the network drive you wish to share?
Best greetings from Germany
Olaf

Thanks for the quick reply,

Start/Run and enter \\Servername\Sharename for the network drive allows me
to see the drive. Interesting, I mapped the drive that I needed. If I expand
the network I still don't see the server.... Any suggestions on how to get it
to show up?

Ned

"Olaf Engelke [MVP Windows Server]" wrote:

> Hello Ned,
> "Ned" <Ned@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> newsA0162CD-A3C3-486A-980E-1A1DE3833B4E@microsoft.com...
> >I wasn't sure wher to post this, if it needs to go somewhere else, I
> >apologize.
> >
> > I am running sbs 2003 SP2,
> >
> > I am setting up 4 dell vostro 200 workstations. I have successfully setup
> > 3
> > of the 4. The 4th workstation does not allow me to map a network drive to
> > the
> > server. In fact when I look at the network using explore I can see all the
> > computers on the network, but I cannot see the server. I can see the
> > server
> > and from the other 3 workstations. Any help is appreciated,
> >
> Network environment is not the most reliable thing, especially if you do not
> use a WINS server.
> All PCs already member of the domain?
> Could the failing machine have a bug in the TCP/IP configuration (typo in
> some place, wrong subnet mask, DNS server pointing to the wrong system).
> (What shows ipconfig /all on the client and on the server?)
> Can you ping the server by name and/or by IP address?
> What happens, if you click Start/Run and enter \\Servername\Sharename for
> the network drive you wish to share?
> Best greetings from Germany
> Olaf
>
>

Hi Ned,
"Ned" <Ned@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:424230DE-0C23-46CE-A8C3-BFF4EBD0F533@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the quick reply,
>
> Start/Run and enter \\Servername\Sharename for the network drive allows me
> to see the drive. Interesting, I mapped the drive that I needed. If I
> expand
> the network I still don't see the server.... Any suggestions on how to get
> it
> to show up?
>
as already said, the only reliable way is to configure WINS server on the
server and have all machines including the server itself point to it in the
TCP/IP properties.
Usually the usage of network neighbourhood is not necessary with constant
mapped drives/printers.
Best greetings from Germany
Olaf