WIndows Server IP Address resoloution... issue...

We've moved our Win2k3 machine into a new office and setup
a new broadband connection.
The machine is connected to a router. The router has DHCP enabled,
and given the machine an internal IP Address of 192.168.1.64

The machine is called 'Gandalf' =)

If we open up a file browser window and type
\\Gandalf

The browser happily goes away and finds all the servers file shares.
If however we type
\\192.168.1.64

Windows displays the message
"Windows cannot find '\\192.168.1.64'. Check spelling....etc"

The machine can however ping 192.168.1.64

I'm a little lost. Windows Server isn't a strong field of mine!
Any ideas what could be causing this?
Cheers
Chris.

Posting the result of ipconfig /all may help.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"theinvisibleGhost" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed) ups.com...
We've moved our Win2k3 machine into a new office and setup
a new broadband connection.
The machine is connected to a router. The router has DHCP enabled,
and given the machine an internal IP Address of 192.168.1.64

The machine is called 'Gandalf' =)

If we open up a file browser window and type
\\Gandalf

The browser happily goes away and finds all the servers file shares.
If however we type
\\192.168.1.64

Windows displays the message
"Windows cannot find '\\192.168.1.64'. Check spelling....etc"

The machine can however ping 192.168.1.64

I'm a little lost. Windows Server isn't a strong field of mine!
Any ideas what could be causing this?
Cheers
Chris.

"theinvisibleGhost" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm a little lost. Windows Server isn't a strong field of mine!
> Any ideas what could be causing this?

What happens when you remove the Proxy Settings from the Browser's
Connection Settings? You haven't said there was a proxy, but I'll bet there
is one configured in the Browser.

Reason:
IE doesn't know what an IP# is,...wouldn't know it if it tripped over
it,..in fact it does trip over it. It sees the "dots" in the number and
determines it to be a FQDN and then assusmes it is on the Internet and not
the LAN and therefore sends the request to the Proxy which doesn't know what
to do with it.

The lesson:
Never use IP#s in a browser URL whenever the browser has "proxy setting".
Browsers without proxy settings do not have this issue.
There are workaround that have limited success:

Intranet site is identified as an Internet site when you use an FQDN or an
IP address
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;303650


--
Phillip Windell
www.wandtv.com

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
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Thanks for the responses.
There's no proxy settings in the browser as far as I could see
(Explorer), IExplorer definitley doesn't have any.

Below is an IPConfig. I've masked some information which could
be commercially sensative.

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : gandalf
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : xxxxxsoftUKLtd.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : xxxxxsoftUKLtd.local
gateway.2wire.net

PPP adapter RAS Server (Dial In) Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Ethernet adapter Server Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit
Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.93.198
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : gateway.2wire.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 PT Server
Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.64
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254

Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 12 September 2007 13:12:47
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 13 September 2007 13:12:47

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> Ethernet adapter Server Local Area Connection:
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit
> Ethernet
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.93.198
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

This interface is set to get an IP from DHCP but is failing to do so.
Disable this Nic or leave it unpluged if it is not actually being used.
Make sure this nic is not above the other nic in the Binding Order.


> Ethernet adapter Network Connection:
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : gateway.2wire.net
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 PT Server
> Adapter
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.64
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
> Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 12 September 2007 13:12:47
> Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 13 September 2007 13:12:47

This nic needs to be first in the binding order.
Net'Places-->Advanced from top menu--->Advanced Settings from dropdown
menu---> use side arrows at upper box to move this interface to the top of
the list.

DNS (as an FYI if nothing else):
All machines on the LAN need to use the AD/DNS and *none* other. Never the
ISP's DNS. The ISP's DNS should only appear in the AD/DNS's forwarders
list. The AD/DNS needs permission by the Firewall to make outbound
DNSqueries to the ISP's DNS.


--
Phillip Windell
www.wandtv.com

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
-----------------------------------------------------

Thanks for the tips, I've disabled the other NIC, and moved the active
NIC up to the top
of the priority list.
However it's not resolved my problem.

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : gandalf
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : xxxsoftUKLtd.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : xxxasoftUKLtd.local
gateway.2wire.net

PPP adapter RAS Server (Dial In) Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-xx-xx-xx-00-00
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Ethernet adapter Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : gateway.2wire.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 PT Server
Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.64
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 12 September 2007 16:58:48
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 13 September 2007 16:58:48

Well I'm running out of ideas.
I assume you are trying to conect from another machine and not doing this on
the machine itself.

This may be grabbing at straws, but it is all that comes to mind at the
moment.
From a command prompt on another machine that has this repeatable
problem,... ping 192.168.1.64 and then immediately run "c:\ ARP -a
192.168.1.64".

It should return the MAC address,...make sure this MAC address matches the
MAC of the physical Nic on the server. If it does not then there is an IP
conflict on the LAN.

--
Phillip Windell
www.wandtv.com

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
-----------------------------------------------------

"theinvisibleGhost" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the tips, I've disabled the other NIC, and moved the active
> NIC up to the top
> of the priority list.
> However it's not resolved my problem.
>
> Windows IP Configuration
>
> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : gandalf
> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : xxxsoftUKLtd.local
> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
> DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : xxxasoftUKLtd.local
> gateway.2wire.net
>
> PPP adapter RAS Server (Dial In) Interface:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-xx-xx-xx-00-00
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
>
> Ethernet adapter Network Connection:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : gateway.2wire.net
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 PT Server
> Adapter
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.64
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
> Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 12 September 2007 16:58:48
> Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 13 September 2007 16:58:48
>
>

Apologies guys, problem existed with the user!

It was something simple File and Printer Sharing was turned
off for that NIC. The NIC in used must have got swapped over
when the machine was moved to the new location.

Turned it back on, and the machine is now visible.
Thanks for your help guys, Phillip especially.

Tired software developer thats not doing much software developing!

Very good.
Glad you figured it out.

--
Phillip Windell
www.wandtv.com

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
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