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  • June 11, 2010 at 9:14 am #2213531

    I can not see my server from my PC but I can see my PC from my server?

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    by jccox3 · about 12 years, 7 months ago

    I have a windows SBS 2003 and have recently replaced the network card. Since i replaced the card I can not see the server from any of my windows XP workstations. I have DNS and DHCP running on the server. I have accounting software that runs on an SQL server and there is no problems with connectivity. Any suggestions?

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    • June 11, 2010 at 9:14 am #3028992

      Clarifications

      by jccox3 · about 12 years, 7 months ago

      In reply to I can not see my server from my PC but I can see my PC from my server?

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    • June 11, 2010 at 10:02 am #3028985

      on a test machine

      by —tk— · about 12 years, 7 months ago

      In reply to I can not see my server from my PC but I can see my PC from my server?

      you could try a couple things, clear the ARP cache (http://www.windowsreference.com/windows-2000/how-to-clear-arp-cache-in-windows-vistaxp20032000/)

      and or run a DNS flush ipconfig /flushdns

      Just a starting point, it might help…

    • June 11, 2010 at 12:29 pm #3028958

      Static IP?

      by oldbaritone · about 12 years, 7 months ago

      In reply to I can not see my server from my PC but I can see my PC from my server?

      Does the server have a static IP? Is it the same IP it used to be with the old NIC? Windows gets ornery about re-using a static IP on a different card, I know. You need to delete the old NIC device, which isn’t easy to do. You can ignore the warning, and that will be OK, as long as you don’t plug the old NIC back in.

      Sometimes, someone has put entries in the HOSTS files of the workstations. Other times, they may have referred to a share using the IP address rather than the server-name. (if Server-x’s IP is 1.2.3.4, then you may access either \\Server-x\share or \\1.2.3.4\share to get to it.)

      Another thought – have you checked the firewall rules for the new NIC? They don’t propogate automatically, so file sharing, ICMP and other things may not be allowed through the new NIC.

      • June 13, 2010 at 7:17 pm #3027538

        Seems to be working

        by jccox3 · about 12 years, 7 months ago

        In reply to Static IP?

        I went in and did the ARP Cache and the DNS flush. Right after that I went in to check on my firewall. I could not open my firewall because another program was accessing it. So I went in to Routing and remote access, and under NAT/Firewall settings and I had to turn on Address assignment and name resolution. Which is my lack of knowledge, I assumed when I restarted the DNS and DHCP servers it would automatically work.

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