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.

"Freightliner" <> wrote in message
news:ac13a343-18a9-4f38-a066-...
> 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.

Freightliner wrote:
> 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.
>


It may be that the DNS table on your system has become corrupted, so
the computer can no longer associate a server name with its IP address.
Try flushing your DSN table.

At the command prompt, type IPCONFIG /FLUSHDNS, and then reboot.


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On Jun 27, 2:34*pm, "Censored Syndrome" <syna...@NOSPAMsyndrome.me.uk>
wrote:
> "Freightliner" <freightliner2...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:ac13a343-18a9-4f38-a066-...
>
>
>
>
>
> > 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?

actually I cant even save changes to the hosts file (even if I my user
is a computer administrator)

thanks for help

On Jun 27, 8:41*pm, Bruce Chambers <bchamb...@cable0ne.n3t> wrote:
> Freightliner wrote:
> > 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.
>
> * * * * It may be that the DNS table on your system has become corrupted, so
> the computer can no longer associate a server name with its IP address.
> * Try flushing your DSN table.
>
> * * * * At the command prompt, type IPCONFIG /FLUSHDNS, and then reboot.
>


Done. It does not work.

thanks for help