Can map network drive but not browse directory

Hi,

I have a PC at a remote site (192.168.78.10, via a cisco VPN) that can
ping the Win2K server (10.5.0.1) by IP and by name.

I can map a network drive on the server using "net use z:
\\10.5.0.1\data" or via Explorer however when I try and browse the
directory I get the "Local device already in use" message if browsing
via Explorer and a "File not found" message when doing "dir" in dos.

The weird thing is I can map to a drive on a Win2k PC (10.5.0.104) and
browse the directory OK.

I'm thinking there's a setting somewhere on the Win2k server that's
blocking directory browsing to the 192.168.78.* range but have no idea
where to look.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,
Paul

Hey Paul,

Try doing the following at a Command Prompt:
net use z: /d
subst z: /d
net use z: \\10.5.0.1\data

Also, I believe MS has a hotfix for this issue. If you call them it should
be free of charge.

Hope this helps,

--
Louis Vitiello Jr.
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MCSE, MCSA, MCP, A+/N+
ERCP XP Pro / Net Concepts



<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have a PC at a remote site (192.168.78.10, via a cisco VPN) that can
> ping the Win2K server (10.5.0.1) by IP and by name.
>
> I can map a network drive on the server using "net use z:
> \\10.5.0.1\data" or via Explorer however when I try and browse the
> directory I get the "Local device already in use" message if browsing
> via Explorer and a "File not found" message when doing "dir" in dos.
>
> The weird thing is I can map to a drive on a Win2k PC (10.5.0.104) and
> browse the directory OK.
>
> I'm thinking there's a setting somewhere on the Win2k server that's
> blocking directory browsing to the 192.168.78.* range but have no idea
> where to look.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Paul
>

Nope. No setting anywhere on the server for this. I suspect that the PC on
the remote site doesn't have a Browse Master on its network to exchange the
"Browse List" with the Domain Master Browser (which is your domain's PDC
Master - if you have a domain).

Browsing broadcasts are limited to the NetBIOS Broadcast Domain (usually an
IP subnet) that they are hosted in. Unless the workstation in the remote
site has some method to exchange it's Browse List with the Domain's Master
Browser, you will not be able to "see" the browsed computers in other sites,
since they are in different subnets.

Here's a great article on how the Microsoft Computer Browser Service works:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/188001


-ds


<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have a PC at a remote site (192.168.78.10, via a cisco VPN) that can
> ping the Win2K server (10.5.0.1) by IP and by name.
>
> I can map a network drive on the server using "net use z:
> \\10.5.0.1\data" or via Explorer however when I try and browse the
> directory I get the "Local device already in use" message if browsing
> via Explorer and a "File not found" message when doing "dir" in dos.
>
> The weird thing is I can map to a drive on a Win2k PC (10.5.0.104) and
> browse the directory OK.
>
> I'm thinking there's a setting somewhere on the Win2k server that's
> blocking directory browsing to the 192.168.78.* range but have no idea
> where to look.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Paul
>