Mysterious Network Failure

Hello,

I am working with a laptop that is connected onto a network at my
company. This network is operating fine and other terminals in the
network can access file and print sharing like normal, however with
this laptop the Networki has suddenly, well, vanished. It acts almost
as if you just unplugged the ethernet cord, however the Internet and IP
Printer still work fine for the laptop, just not the network resources.

I like to think I know a thing or two about computers, seeing how I am
the IT, but this sudden connection failure has got me puzzled.

Thanks for ANY assistance you can offer!
-Shane C.

I managed to "BS" my way out of it.

For those who have similar diffulties use the following procedure:

Navigate to "Network Connections" (Avaiable in your CP)

Open it up and select the properties for whatever connection(s) you are
usinig to connect to your network, in most cases it will be via LAN

On the first tab, ensure that all the options are selected (for best
effectivity) this will allow you to connect via all these options to
the rest of the network, if only one is selected it may inhibit your
ability to connect.

Hope this helps someone out there!

-Shane C.


Shane C. wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am working with a laptop that is connected onto a network at my
> company. This network is operating fine and other terminals in the
> network can access file and print sharing like normal, however with
> this laptop the Networki has suddenly, well, vanished. It acts almost
> as if you just unplugged the ethernet cord, however the Internet and IP
> Printer still work fine for the laptop, just not the network resources.
>
> I like to think I know a thing or two about computers, seeing how I am
> the IT, but this sudden connection failure has got me puzzled.
>
> Thanks for ANY assistance you can offer!
> -Shane C.

I think that's called the shotgun approach and I'd hardly recommend it to anyone
having a similar problem. Instead, I would suggest you learn what protocols are
in use on your network instead of just blindly enabling everything you see.

"Shane C." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I managed to "BS" my way out of it.
>
> For those who have similar diffulties use the following procedure:
>
> Navigate to "Network Connections" (Avaiable in your CP)
>
> Open it up and select the properties for whatever connection(s) you are
> usinig to connect to your network, in most cases it will be via LAN
>
> On the first tab, ensure that all the options are selected (for best
> effectivity) this will allow you to connect via all these options to
> the rest of the network, if only one is selected it may inhibit your
> ability to connect.
>
> Hope this helps someone out there!
>
> -Shane C.
>
>
> Shane C. wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am working with a laptop that is connected onto a network at my
>> company. This network is operating fine and other terminals in the
>> network can access file and print sharing like normal, however with
>> this laptop the Networki has suddenly, well, vanished. It acts almost
>> as if you just unplugged the ethernet cord, however the Internet and IP
>> Printer still work fine for the laptop, just not the network resources.
>>
>> I like to think I know a thing or two about computers, seeing how I am
>> the IT, but this sudden connection failure has got me puzzled.
>>
>> Thanks for ANY assistance you can offer!
>> -Shane C.
>

I wouldn't get too worried about that. I think he is only talking about the
local Windows Firewall (as far as I can tell). The LAN is already protected
via ISA,...the local Windows Firewall usually does nothing usefull other
than screwup everything and get in the way of normal LAN activity. On our
LAN, there is a GPO that prevents it from being turned on and won't let the
user change it,...but if the DC is not "found" then the workstation assumes
it is not on the LAN and is elsewhere (like traveling laptops) and then it
enables the Windows Firewall.

So run the laptop on the LAN = Firewall disabled
Startup the laptop somewhere else = Firewall enabled

--
Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com


"Mike Lowery" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:uB$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I think that's called the shotgun approach and I'd hardly recommend it to
anyone
> having a similar problem. Instead, I would suggest you learn what
protocols are
> in use on your network instead of just blindly enabling everything you
see.
>
> "Shane C." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) oups.com...
> >I managed to "BS" my way out of it.
> >
> > For those who have similar diffulties use the following procedure:
> >
> > Navigate to "Network Connections" (Avaiable in your CP)
> >
> > Open it up and select the properties for whatever connection(s) you are
> > usinig to connect to your network, in most cases it will be via LAN
> >
> > On the first tab, ensure that all the options are selected (for best
> > effectivity) this will allow you to connect via all these options to
> > the rest of the network, if only one is selected it may inhibit your
> > ability to connect.
> >
> > Hope this helps someone out there!
> >
> > -Shane C.
> >
> >
> > Shane C. wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I am working with a laptop that is connected onto a network at my
> >> company. This network is operating fine and other terminals in the
> >> network can access file and print sharing like normal, however with
> >> this laptop the Networki has suddenly, well, vanished. It acts almost
> >> as if you just unplugged the ethernet cord, however the Internet and IP
> >> Printer still work fine for the laptop, just not the network resources.
> >>
> >> I like to think I know a thing or two about computers, seeing how I am
> >> the IT, but this sudden connection failure has got me puzzled.
> >>
> >> Thanks for ANY assistance you can offer!
> >> -Shane C.
> >
>
>

"Phillip Windell" <@.> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> local Windows Firewall (as far as I can tell). The LAN is already
protected
> via ISA,...


Ok,...maybe there isn't an ISA,...

I thought at the time I was posting in the ISA group (where I spend most of
my time) and thought that there must be an ISA if this was in the ISA group
:-)


--
Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com