Network Drives

06-27-2008

Hi

I am having this problem with Vista Business.
My network drives were always mapped as \\SERVERNAME\foldername

Some days ago my network drive stopped working.
I remapped them using the server IP address, for instance \
\192.168.101.101\foldername
and they all work fine this way.

If I try to map the same folder using SERVERNAME instead of the IP
address, no way.

Other computers in my network running Vista do not have the same
problem: they can map a new network drive using SERVERNAME.

Thanks for help.

06-27-2008

"Freightliner" <freightliner2006@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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	Quote:
	> Hi > > I am having this problem with Vista Business. > My network drives were always mapped as \\SERVERNAME\foldername > > Some days ago my network drive stopped working. > I remapped them using the server IP address, for instance \ > \192.168.101.101\foldername > and they all work fine this way. > > If I try to map the same folder using SERVERNAME instead of the IP > address, no way. > > Other computers in my network running Vista do not have the same > problem: they can map a new network drive using SERVERNAME. >

Does adding the computer names and IP addressed to the Hosts file help?

ss.

06-27-2008	#1 (permalink)
Freightliner Guest n/a posts	Network Drives Hi I am having this problem with Vista Business. My network drives were always mapped as \\SERVERNAME\foldername Some days ago my network drive stopped working. I remapped them using the server IP address, for instance \ \192.168.101.101\foldername and they all work fine this way. If I try to map the same folder using SERVERNAME instead of the IP address, no way. Other computers in my network running Vista do not have the same problem: they can map a new network drive using SERVERNAME. Thanks for help.
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