Re: Network / Windows 7 gurus? Help please!

[David Yeend <david.yeend@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mark,

If it was me I be firing up wireshark on a working and the non working
machines and comparing the packet trace - worth a thought?

Regards,

David

On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 10:53 PM, Mark Gardner <mark@xxxxxxx>wrote:

>
>
> Hi Rob,
>
> Thanks for your thoughts - I have added updates below.
>
> Cheers
> Mark
>
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>
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com> on behalf of Rob
> Iles
> Sent: Sun 23/01/2011 21:44
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Network / Windows 7 gurus? Help please!
>
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> Are you connecting via UNC paths (//server/share) or as a mapped
drive? If
> the latter, you may have an issue with cached credentials - disconnect
the
> mapped drive, reboot PC-2, and try again.
>
> MG> UNC paths
>
>
> Will the QNAP allow anonymous connections? What filesystem are the
shares
> on? Does it have a limit on number of connections (either per share,
or in
> total?
>
> MG> Will check all these, but given the number of concurrent
connections I
> have tried today (but don't normally use), I don't think there is a
limit.
> Will check though.
>
>
> Do you have a 3rd PC you can try to connect from - this would assist
in
> finding out if the problem is client / server side.
>
> MG> I have a few.... Most on Windows 7, one on XP. It is only one
of the
> Windows 7 PCs that will not connect to a specific share on the NAS.
>
>
> Are both win7 boxes the same edition?
>
> MG> I have PCs with XP Pro (1), and Win 7 Home Premium (2),
Ultimate (2)
> and Enterprise (1). It is one of the Ultimates that won't connect.
>
>
> Both member of same
> workgroup/"homegroup"? Is the a domain controller in play?
>
> MG> I don't use Homegroup at all.
>
>
> Is there anything in the event logs on PC-2 that could elaborate on
the
> issue? How about logs on the QNAP?
>
> MG> Good point - nothing I can look at right now, see below....
>
>
> Apologies if all of the above is obvious/already been done, I'm just
> reeling
> off what I would do/check in your situation......and it has been a
long
> time
> since I wore my SysAdmin hat!
>
> MG> Frustration levels reached fever pitch this evening, so I have
gone for
> a full re-install of Win7 Ultimate. As soon as I could after the
install
> before I'd installed anything else (including antivirus) I tried to
connect
> to the NAS and am getting exactly the same problem.....
>
>
> Rob
> On 23 Jan 2011 09:46, "Mark Gardner"
<mark@xxxxxxx<mark%40thegardners.me.uk>>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a weird n/w problem and am wondering if any of the gurus
on here
> > can please point me in the right direction?
> >
> > I have a QNAP NAS with two shares - the shares both have the same
user
> > permissions defined.
> > I have two Windows 7 PCs.
> > From PC_1, I can connect to both shares on the NAS.
> > From PC_2, I can connect to share_A but not to share_B for some
reason -
> > 'permission denied'.
> > I am using the same authentication details for each share from
each PC.
> >
> > Any ideas would be much appreciated as this is driving me nuts!
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Mark
>
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