[AccessD] OT - Mapping dialup drive with broadband

MartyConnelly martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Thu Mar 13 20:24:00 CST 2003


at start run, open up dos command window  by typing  cmd
then in window type ipconfig /all
the window stays open till you type exit



David Emerson wrote:

> I tried on my WXP machine and a dos window opened and then closed 
> again before I could see anything.  What is supposed to happen?
>
> David
>
> At 13/03/2003, you wrote:
>
>> Depends on your OS.  In 9x, run 'winipcfg' for nt based, ipconfig.
>>  
>> For ipconfig, using 'ipconfig /all' displays all 
>> information..including WINS and DNS
>>  
>> Drew
>>
>>     -----Original Message-----
>>     From: David Emerson [mailto:davide at dalyn.co.nz]
>>     Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 8:42 PM
>>     To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
>>     Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT - Mapping dialup drive with broadband
>>
>>     Aha!.  Where do I find those settings so that I can check?
>>
>>     David
>>
>>     At 12/03/2003, you wrote:
>>
>>>         Sounds like the broadband connections changed their DNS or
>>>         WINS settings, so they can't resolve the computer names anymore.
>>>          
>>>         Drew -----Original Message----- From: David Emerson
>>>         [mailto:davide at dalyn.co.nz] Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003
>>>         2:59 PM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com;
>>>         ACCESS-L at PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: [AccessD] OT -
>>>         Mapping dialup drive with broadband
>>>
>>>         Cross post AccessD, AccessL
>>>         This is slightly related as my users can't synchronise
>>>         unless we can get them connected :(
>>>         Previously my users had normal modems and were able to dial
>>>         into a server and map drives ok.
>>>         Two of them have connected to broadband lines.  Now when
>>>         they disconnect the broadband connection and use their
>>>         modems to connect to the server they are able to make a
>>>         connection but are not able to map drives. The error they
>>>         get is -
>>>
>>>         "The following error occurred while trying to connect F: to
>>>         \\OAServer\OAServer <file://%5C%5COAServer%5COAServer>  The
>>>         computer or sharename could not be found. Make sure you
>>>         typed it correctly, and try again."   Does anyone know of
>>>         any issues with broadband (or similar high speed
>>>         connections) that interfere when going back to normal 56k
>>>         modems?
>>>         Regards
>>>         David Emerson DALYN Software Ltd 25b Cunliffe St,
>>>     Johnsonville Wellington, New Zealand Ph/Fax (877) 456-1205 
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> David Emerson
>> DALYN Software Ltd
>> 25b Cunliffe St, Johnsonville
>> Wellington, New Zealand
>> Ph/Fax (877) 456-1205
>
> Regards
>
> David Emerson
> DALYN Software Ltd
> 25b Cunliffe St, Johnsonville
> Wellington, New Zealand
> Ph/Fax (877) 456-1205
>



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