[dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Notwork Not working

Actually what I was thinking of was not DNS it was DHCP. It's the
thing that tells your network what all the different systems are by
their IP addresses. The router might do that or one of your systems
might do it.  Drew.... help us out here...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhcp

What's Rocky's Workgroup problem??

GK



On 10/6/08, Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software
<rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote:
> HAL9004 preceded HAL9005 as you can probably guess.  And was my main machine
> until it HAL9005 came along.  But I don't know what the DNS server is.  How
> would I check for that?  Isn't it all peer-to-peer?
>
>
> Rocky Smolin
> Beach Access Software
> 858-259-4334
> www.e-z-mrp.com
> www.bchacc.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
> Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 9:52 PM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Notwork Not working
>
> HAL9004 was probably serving as your workgroup server thing. Maybe the DNS
> server?  Was that your main machine at any time?  Or the first one
> connected? I don't know enough about networking to shake a stick at but I
> google well. ;-)  Drew will know what your deal is I'm sure.
>
> Check out that other link I sent and maybe it will get you going. It's
> midnight here and I have to get up at 5 so I best get my backside in bed.
>
> I'll check up on you tomorrow.
>
> Good luck!
>
> GK
>
> On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 11:46 PM, Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software
> <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote:
> > Yes.  Trouble started after.  But that was HAL9004.  Not sure why that
> > should affect communications among ALL the machines on the network.
> >
> > More clues - I have some shortcuts on the HAL9005 desktop pointing to
> > folders on HAL9004.  They still open up the HAL9004 folders and I can
> > copy files from 9004 to 9005.  But not the other way.
> >
> > AND I can copy files both way between Marsha and HAL9005.
> >
> > Go figure.
> >
> >
> > Rocky Smolin
> > Beach Access Software
> > 858-259-4334
> > www.e-z-mrp.com
> > www.bchacc.com
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
> > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 9:33 PM
> > To: Off Topic
> > Cc: List
> > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Notwork Not working
> >
> > No relationship to when your PC was recently reloaded?
> >
> > GK
> >
> > On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 10:56 PM, Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software
> > <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote:
> >> Dear List:
> >>
> >> I don't know what changed but on all of my computers, which are
> >> attached to the router, When I click My Network Places-->view
> >> workgroup computers, I get the message "Workgroup is not accessible.
> >> You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact
> >> the administrator of this server to find out if you have access
> > permissions .  The network path was not found."
> >>
> >> I have 5 computers on the router - HAL9002, HAL90004, and HAL9005,
> >> Marsha, and Noah.  I get the same message on all when trying to view
> >> the
> > workgroup.
> >> All are members of the workgroup WORKGROUP.
> >>
> >> Interestingly, any existing connection still works.  I have a
> >> shortcut on the HAL9005 desktop to a folder on Marsha which still
> >> works.  I can even navigate up the tree from that folder to her root
> >> directory
> >>
> >> But I can't make any new connections.
> >>
> >> Anybody know what might be going on here?  Could it be a setting in
> >> the router?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Rocky
> >>
> >>
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