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Mapping a Network Drive from Branch office

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by imonroe

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I am trying to map a drive to an image server in our network from the branch office. I have no problem mapping to our DOMAIN server that has an applications folder. When I select "tools" "map drive" select the drive letter and then choose the PC I want the drive from it won't display the drive. I am baffled. The branch office connect to our main office through a T1 line and has no direct internet access. Any help would be appreciated.

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by david.wallis

ive had a similar problem

i solved it by going to map new drive

and instead of clicking browse i just typed the address in ie \\server1\share (it didnt show up in the browse option for some reason) but mapped ok that way :)

by imonroe

Thanks I'll let you know if it works.

by imonroe

I get an error message saying "The network path \\xxxxxxxx_xx\xx_x could not be found."
I tried this on my PC at the main office and it worked fine. Does this have anything to do with appling WINS?

by cg it

Domain environment or Workgroup? unless your running old operating systems, WINS shouldn't matter as DNS will answer queries for resources on the network.

network path not found indicates your trying to access a resource on a computer that appears to not be on the network.

verify that the computer account exists, is available on the network and that you have permission to access the resource.

by imonroe

I get an error message saying "The network path \\xxxxxxxx_xx\xx_x could not be found."
I tried this on my PC at the main office and it worked fine. Does this have anything to do with appling WINS?

by imonroe

I get an error message saying "The network path \\xxxxxxxx_xx\xx_x could not be found."
I tried this on my PC at the main office and it worked fine. Does this have anything to do with appling WINS?

by imonroe

I get an error message saying "The network path \\xxxxxxxx_xx\xx_x could not be found."
I tried this on my PC at the main office and it worked fine. Does this have anything to do with appling WINS?

by imonroe

I get an error message saying "The network path \\xxxxxxxx_xx\xx_x could not be found."
I tried this on my PC at the main office and it worked fine. Does this have anything to do with appling WINS?

by imonroe

I get an error message saying "The network path \\xxxxxxxx_xx\xx_x could not be found."
I tried this on my PC at the main office and it worked fine. Does this have anything to do with appling WINS?

by simphiwe.zulu

This will definately work if you map it once or twice the next time you want access it i'll b on your computer window.

by imonroe

Sorry for all the posts, the page wasn't working and I kept trying. Anyway, I can ping the server no prob. What do you mean by name. What format should that be typed in?

by david.wallis

say for example the server with the share on is srv-ad ip 10.10.1.1

can you -

ping srv-ad

you should get a reply from 10.10.1.1
in this example

you can also add the name of the server to your HOSTS file

by imonroe

Well, we run Windows XP on our PC's Windows server 2000 on our DOMAIN and I believe the server I'm looking for has Windows 2000 or NT.

This server is definately in the network because all other PC's can access. The problem is accessing the server from the branch.

When I try to ping the server by name "ping Research_server" it tells me "ping request could not find host Research_server"

And what exactly is a HOSTS file?

by imonroe

Yes I can, and we have reached the maximum reply level. Post a repley from the previous reply.

by david.wallis

well you can ping by IP and not by Name

thats a DNS problem somewhere...

you mentioned NT unfortunatly this was before my time :) so maybe CG IT can help you with that.

by sue t

try mapping using the IP address. Also, even though you shold not need WINS I have found on quite a few ocassions that adding the WINS info fixed the problem. good luck

by imonroe

I added the WINS info I thought I needed to no avail. How do you map using the IP address? When I click on "tools", "map drive" it wants a folder location. Where to do put the IP address?

by 1bn0

domain server is at 10.0.10.2

\\domainserver\sharename

\\10.0.10.2\sharename

Do not confuse the folder name with the sharename. Usually the sharename defaults to the folder name but it can be different.

Is the account accessing from the branch office a domain account that exists on the domain server? If not you will have to "connect using s different user name"

by imonroe

I also searched the active directory for the server. I was found, but I wasn't able to manage it. I was told computer \\research_server cannot be managed. The network path was not found. Any sugestions?

by imonroe

I thought I had put in the correct WINS info, but I decided I would add every server and router address we have. One of them worked, just don't ask me which one.

by cg it

adding everything to a WINS server is like throwing mud on the all and hope some stick. You solved a problem but don't know why.

initially you were trying to map a drive to a image folder [didn't specify shared folder]on a server on the network.

If this is a domain environment, DNS should resolve names to addresses. If this is a non domain environment, WINS would work or NetBIOS over TCP/IP with a hosts file.

In any event, when you type in a name such as \\servername\shared folder, there must be some way of resolving the name to an address. DNS does this on a domain environment. WINS can do this on a domain environment where the operating systems are W9X or NT which don't use DNS.

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