David Emerson
davide at dalyn.co.nz
Thu Mar 13 17:54:00 CST 2003
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 >><file://\\OAServer\OAServer>\\OAServer\OAServer >> 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://databaseadvisors.com/pipermail/accessd/attachments/20030313/1a0715fa/attachment-0001.html>