TCP/IP Address Change

I have a Windows 2003 SBS with 2 network cards, a 10/100 & 10/100/1000. For
some reason the server was originally setup using the 10/100 network card,
and the 10/100/100 card was disabled. We just purchased a Gigabit switch and
I wanted to switch to use the 10/100/1000 network card, and keep the same IP
address. After disabling the 10/100 network card, then giving the
10/100/1000 card the IP address of the 10/100 card, then rebooting, I could
no longer access shares on the server from a workstation. I could still
access the internet from the workstations, and Exchange still functioned
o.k., but whenever I tried to access a share it said "The network path could
not be found". Any ideas on what the problem is here? Is there a specific
procedure that needs to be followed to change network cards in a SBS 2003
Server with AD & DNS?

Thanks.

Mark wrote:
> I have a Windows 2003 SBS with 2 network cards, a 10/100 &
> 10/100/1000. For some reason the server was originally setup using
> the 10/100 network card, and the 10/100/100 card was disabled. We
> just purchased a Gigabit switch and I wanted to switch to use the
> 10/100/1000 network card, and keep the same IP address. After
> disabling the 10/100 network card, then giving the 10/100/1000 card
> the IP address of the 10/100 card, then rebooting, I could no longer
> access shares on the server from a workstation. I could still access
> the internet from the workstations, and Exchange still functioned
> o.k., but whenever I tried to access a share it said "The network
> path could not be found". Any ideas on what the problem is here? Is
> there a specific procedure that needs to be followed to change
> network cards in a SBS 2003 Server with AD & DNS?

Sounds like a NIC binding order problem.
Right click on Network Places, choose properties, in the Advanced menu,
select Advanced settings. Move the 10/100/1000 NIC to the top of the
connections pane and make sure file sharing is enabled.
Then go to TCP/IP properties and make sure NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on
the 10/100/1000 NIC.

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