Cannot map any shared drives available on the network

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Hi! I recently bought a network drive. I didn't realize that I had a
networking problem with my desktop (running XP Pro SP2) until I tried to map
a share on the network drive.

The problem that I am having is so strange. I was wondering if someone
could help me. Here it is:

I can ping the network drive with either the device name or the IP address
of the device.

C:\>ping cscmediavault

Pinging cscmediavault [192.168.1.10] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.10:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:\>ping 192.168.1.10

Pinging 192.168.1.10 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.10:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:\>

When I use net view on the device name, I get an "Access is denied" error.
This is fine because it requires a login and password. But when I use net
view on the IP address of the device, I can see the shares available on the
drive without authentication. I thought I could get the same error; but I
didn't. Please see below:

C:\>net view cscmediavault
System error 5 has occurred.

Access is denied.


C:\>net view 192.168.1.10
Shared resources at 192.168.1.10

CSCMediaVault

Share name Type Used as Comment

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Backup Disk
CinemaNow Disk
CSC Disk
FileShare Disk
MediaShare Disk
The command completed successfully.


C:\>

The shares on the network drive are not the only directories that my desktop
cannot map to. Shares that are on my notebooks cannot be mapped either. I
cannot even map the shares available in the desktop itself. Please see below:

C:\>net view 192.168.1.3
Shared resources at 192.168.1.3

CSC Desktop

Share name Type Used as Comment

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Photos Disk
SharedDocs Disk
The command completed successfully.


C:\>net use s: \\192.168.1.3\Photos
System error 53 has occurred.

The network path was not found.

Interestingly, I can use my XP Home notebook and my Vista notebook on the
same network to map to any shares created on this problem desktop.

Here is the ipconfig output from my desktop:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : CSCWS02
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Network Connect Adapter:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Juniper Network Connect Virtual
Adap
ter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : (I took it out for security
purpose)

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network
Connecti
on
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : (I took it out for security
purpose)
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, February 22, 2008
5:16:44 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, February 25, 2008
5:16:44 PM


Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area
Netw
ork) #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : (I took it out for security
purpose)

C:\>

Any suggestions and comments are deeply appreciated.

-- CC
 
Sorry. I forgot to mention something. I only have Windows Firewall running
only. And I have "File and Printer Sharing" checked on the Exception Page.

Thanks

CC said:
Hi! I recently bought a network drive. I didn't realize that I had a
networking problem with my desktop (running XP Pro SP2) until I tried to map
a share on the network drive.

The problem that I am having is so strange. I was wondering if someone
could help me. Here it is:

I can ping the network drive with either the device name or the IP address
of the device.

C:\>ping cscmediavault

Pinging cscmediavault [192.168.1.10] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.10:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:\>ping 192.168.1.10

Pinging 192.168.1.10 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.10:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:\>

When I use net view on the device name, I get an "Access is denied" error.
This is fine because it requires a login and password. But when I use net
view on the IP address of the device, I can see the shares available on the
drive without authentication. I thought I could get the same error; but I
didn't. Please see below:

C:\>net view cscmediavault
System error 5 has occurred.

Access is denied.


C:\>net view 192.168.1.10
Shared resources at 192.168.1.10

CSCMediaVault

Share name Type Used as Comment

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Backup Disk
CinemaNow Disk
CSC Disk
FileShare Disk
MediaShare Disk
The command completed successfully.


C:\>

The shares on the network drive are not the only directories that my desktop
cannot map to. Shares that are on my notebooks cannot be mapped either. I
cannot even map the shares available in the desktop itself. Please see below:

C:\>net view 192.168.1.3
Shared resources at 192.168.1.3

CSC Desktop

Share name Type Used as Comment

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Photos Disk
SharedDocs Disk
The command completed successfully.


C:\>net use s: \\192.168.1.3\Photos
System error 53 has occurred.

The network path was not found.

Interestingly, I can use my XP Home notebook and my Vista notebook on the
same network to map to any shares created on this problem desktop.

Here is the ipconfig output from my desktop:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : CSCWS02
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Network Connect Adapter:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Juniper Network Connect Virtual
Adap
ter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : (I took it out for security
purpose)

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network
Connecti
on
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : (I took it out for security
purpose)
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, February 22, 2008
5:16:44 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, February 25, 2008
5:16:44 PM


Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area
Netw
ork) #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : (I took it out for security
purpose)

C:\>

Any suggestions and comments are deeply appreciated.

-- CC
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