Network path not found

Actually it sounds like it is a WINS issue, When it was rebooted, Why was it rebooted? What was Changed when it was rebooted. Typically when a server is not accessable message apears it is because of a WINS Issue Try Also Deleting the WINS Record for it in the WINS Database and then Manuallt re add it with it's correct IP address

My first thought was WINS as well. I looked inthe WINS manager, and the entries seem to be correct for this server, both the external and internal IPs. It was rebooted due to a security update I recieved from MS. There seemed to be no apparent changes after the reboot. Is it possible that they may need to be rest, the WINS entries?

Reset, not rest.

also check to make sure that all the TCP/IP properties are as they should be. This includes DNS configuration, enable the DHCP, and the WINS configuration. Another thing is to double check the ip address, i myself have made that mistake many times. good luck.

The ipconfig I did seems correct, and, believe it or not, we are not running DHCP.

Why would this be easy? I should know better!

I ran nbtstat -n on the machine, and here are the results.

I run into three conflicts. Messenger service, server service, and workstation. What is interesting is that workstation is listed twice, and one of the entries the name is strange IS~IIS.......

Any ideas?

Have you checked your CPU utilization on this machine? This may be a situation where the RPC service is hung, which prevents the server from responding to browse requests. Unfortunately, the only fix for this situation that I know of is to reboot. Hope this helps!

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