Yet another "list of servers for this workgroup" problem

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Mark Durrenberger

I've been out of the office for two weeks. I come back and now my server
(win2k) wont let me and my little ol laptop (also Win2k) access the file
shares and shared printers.

I get the message "mydomain unavailable. The list of servers for this
workgroup is not currently available"
I can not see anything in my domain...though the domain does show up in
"Microsoft Windows Network"

The really strange thing is that we don't have a workgroup, we have a
domain.

I checked the IsDomainMaster on the server, and set it to True (it was
originally set to false)
All machines are running Netbios over TCPIP
The two other Windows XP machines on the same net can access the Win2K
server just fine (file share and printing).
My firewall hands out the ip addresses via DHCP. The server does not hand
out IP addresses.

Internet------>firewall----->switch/hub
| | | | |
server, and all others connected
to the switch

The only changes I'm aware of are the "auto updates" provided by microsoft.
No firewall on either machine though there is a firewall between the hub and
the internet

I deleted the share and recreated it.
I've not yet shut down file sharing and restarted though I have rebooted the
server several times.

I've googled this problem but without success... I've also been to the MS
KB - perhaps i;ve not found the right article...

Thanks,
Mark
 
Mark said:
I've been out of the office for two weeks. I come back and now my
server (win2k) wont let me and my little ol laptop (also Win2k)
access the file shares and shared printers.

I get the message "mydomain unavailable. The list of servers for this
workgroup is not currently available"
I can not see anything in my domain...though the domain does show up
in "Microsoft Windows Network"

The really strange thing is that we don't have a workgroup, we have a
domain.

I checked the IsDomainMaster on the server, and set it to True (it was
originally set to false)
Click to expand...
All machines are running Netbios over TCPIP
The two other Windows XP machines on the same net can access the Win2K
server just fine (file share and printing).
My firewall hands out the ip addresses via DHCP. The server does not
hand out IP addresses.
Click to expand...

Your server should actually be doing this, as it works a lot better for
AD/dynamic DNS updates. I'd change over.

For now, though, what DNS server(s) do you have in your laptop ipconfig?
 
DNS is set to "obtain automatically"

and I'd love to set my server to be the DHCP host, but I have two boxes that
must get the same IP every time. This was easy to configure with my firewall
but not easy to figure out how to do on the Server so that is why the
firewall does the dirty work...

I, of course, wont be in the office again until next Monday but I'll try
just about anything you suggest...

Perhaps my being away again will make it work this time :-)

Mark


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_________________________________________________________
Mark Durrenberger, PMP
Principal, Oak Associates, Inc, www.oakinc.com
"Advancing the Theory and Practice of Project Management"
________________________________________________________

The nicest thing about NOT planning is that failure
comes as a complete surprise and is not preceded by
a period of worry and depression.

- Sir John Harvey-Jones
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
 
Mark Durrenberger said:
I've been out of the office for two weeks. I come back and now my server
(win2k) wont let me and my little ol laptop (also Win2k) access the file
shares and shared printers.
Click to expand...
I deleted the share and recreated it.
I've not yet shut down file sharing and restarted though I have rebooted the
server several times.
Click to expand...

Why do you even think the problem is the server? If it was all, the other
machines would have the same problem, and you already said they were fine.
Don't change, configure, and reboot the server over something that is
probably on the laptop.

On the laptop, from a command prompt, run "ipconfig /all". What does it
show?,...it'd be even better to post the results here, but you have to
explain what the IP#s returned mean since we won't know how your network's
IP scheme is done.
 
Mark said:
DNS is set to "obtain automatically"
Click to expand...

But what IP is it? Just your internal DNS server, right? No external/ISP DNS
servers?
and I'd love to set my server to be the DHCP host, but I have two
boxes that must get the same IP every time. This was easy to
configure with my firewall but not easy to figure out how to do on
the Server so that is why the firewall does the dirty work...
Click to expand...

DHCP reservations are your friends :)
I, of course, wont be in the office again until next Monday but I'll
try just about anything you suggest...

Perhaps my being away again will make it work this time :-)
Click to expand...

That can happen too!
Mark



- Sir John Harvey-Jones
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
Your server should actually be doing this, as it works a lot better
for AD/dynamic DNS updates. I'd change over.

For now, though, what DNS server(s) do you have in your laptop
ipconfig?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Ok, I'm not in the office, but here is what I get for IP config when at the
home office...When at home I use a USB nic because my laptop dock nic is
broken. When in the office, I use the NIC built into the laptop...

I have found out that I cannot access FTP servers anymore - I strongly
suspect that whatever killed my office access is killing my FTP as well.

Just to be "paranoid" (in a strange backwards sort of way), I completely
removed Zone Alarm (which I don't think was running when I was in the office
but as I said, I'm being paranoid)... If it was running, I thought it might
be in the way of FTP working (BTW the ftp error I'm getting is "425 Can't
build data connection.")

It's almost as if there is a firewall on my system....

Mark

IPConfig below

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : tripletdad
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . : Oakies.com
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : Oakies.com
ne2.client

Ethernet adapter Maynard:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Cable Disc
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 3Com 3C920
Controller (3C905C-TX Compatible)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-06-5B-0

Ethernet adapter USB NIC:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : ne2.client
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Belkin USB
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-05-1B-0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.25
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 63.240.76.
204.127.19
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday,
PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday,
PM

C:\Documents and Settings\Mdurrenberger.MARKITUDE>

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_________________________________________________________
Mark Durrenberger, PMP
Principal, Oak Associates, Inc, www.oakinc.com
"Advancing the Theory and Practice of Project Management"
________________________________________________________

The nicest thing about NOT planning is that failure
comes as a complete surprise and is not preceded by
a period of worry and depression.

- Sir John Harvey-Jones
 
Mark said:
Ok, I'm not in the office, but here is what I get for IP config when
at the home office...When at home I use a USB nic because my laptop
dock nic is broken. When in the office, I use the NIC built into the
laptop...
Click to expand...

Not too useful for us to see the home config if the problem is in the
office...
 
I think I've found it...

Looks like Norton Antivirus 2005 as decided to start blocking unused ports.
If I turn off "Worm protection" it allows ftp access...

I'm willing to bet that when I get into the office, i'll have full access...

Now what the hell changed in Norton or on my system to trigger this
seemingly new behavior???

Any thoughts?

THanks
Mark

--
_________________________________________________________
Mark Durrenberger, PMP
Principal, Oak Associates, Inc, www.oakinc.com
"Advancing the Theory and Practice of Project Management"
________________________________________________________

The nicest thing about NOT planning is that failure
comes as a complete surprise and is not preceded by
a period of worry and depression.

- Sir John Harvey-Jones
 
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
Not too useful for us to see the home config if the problem is in the
office...
Click to expand...

....and not too helpfull when the IP#s are "chopped off".
 
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