normiss 891 #26 August 22, 2006 cookies and java and activex controls NOT wide open as most are??? those can be deadly... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #27 August 22, 2006 Quotecookies and java and activex controls NOT wide open as most are??? those can be deadly...paranoid much... well I generally use firefox... so activex is usually not a problem... Java I can understand how that could be potentially dangerous... I also regularly run spyware programs... to clean up my HD from cookies and such that might cause problems... and I've got Corporate NAV on both computers...Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 1 #28 August 22, 2006 QuoteI'm fairly confident that its a windows registry issue... I'd give you very good money it's not, except in the "almost all windows settings are in the registry, so any configuration problem could be categorised as a registry issue" manner. Note1: This is all from memory, so some or all details may be incorrect. It's either related to the machine's attempts to find each other, or to the file-sharing-related permissions and/or firewall you have set on the machines. However, if it works intermittently, I'd put money on it being a machine discovery issue. Note2: if either machine is Windows 95, 98, or ME, stop now. Upgrade them to a sensible operating system, then continue. Windows uses DNS to resolve other machine names, and if this doesn't work it falls back to NetBIOS. You don't want to be relying on NetBIOS, because it's shit. From our perspective, the main problem is that it's not routable, so it's quite possible that your router (but not a switch) is dropping discovery packets. And I've found it generally problematic unless you put a WINS server on your network. In short, let's not. Note3: to see if NetBIOS is on, go to the properties of your net conn, click on Advanced, then on the WINS tab. Anything other than "Disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP" means you may be using NetBIOS for name resolution. So, for now we'll focus on getting DNS set up correctly so your machines can talk reliably. You say your machines are getting DHCP leases from your router. That's cool. Is your router also acting as a DNS server? It should be. Checking if it's a routing issue: Try mapping to the IP address of the other machine, rather than its name. eg \\192.168.1.100\share_name. If it works but mapping to \\machine_name\share_name fails, routing is ok, but name resolution is buggered. Checking if it's a DNS issue: At a command-prompt: nslookup machine_name If you get an IP address for the other machine, things are good. If not, it's probably a DNS config issue. Checking if the DHCP server is also acting as a DNS server: At a command-prompt: nslookup At the nslookup prompt: > server dhcp_server_ip_address Then: > client_machine_name If you get "No response from server" there's no DNS server running on your router. Go to the config, turn it on, and run "ipconfig /renew" from both client machines. Then repeat the steps above. If you get "Non-existent domain", then the DHCP server isn't adding your machines to the DNS record when it assigns the leases. Consult documentation, or consider using static internal IP addresses + hosts file for name resolution. If you get "Non-authoritative answer" or "Authoritative answer", then we're nearly there! We have a DNS server answering our queries correctly, but our clients aren't asking it for info. You now have two choices: Manually add the dhcp_server_ip_address to the DNS server settings of each client. In the properties of the net connection, click on "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" and make sure the dhcp_server_ip_address is the first on the list. Properly configure the DHCP server to hand out its own IP address as a DNS server when it hands out leases. Consult the documentation for your router. Once done, run "ipconfig /renew" and check that the DNS settings are now correct. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lummy 4 #29 August 22, 2006 That's weird, where's the "get a mac" comments?I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. eat sushi, get smoochieTTK#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 1 #30 August 22, 2006 QuoteJava I can understand how that could be potentially dangerous... Really? I haven't seen a security exploit in Java for a very long time. Javascript on the other hand... The only thing that Java and Javascript share is the same stem to their name. Fucking Netscape's marketing dept piggybacking on Java's name recognition. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #31 August 23, 2006 QuoteQuoteJava I can understand how that could be potentially dangerous... Really? I haven't seen a security exploit in Java for a very long time. Javascript on the other hand... The only thing that Java and Javascript share is the same stem to their name. Fucking Netscape's marketing dept piggybacking on Java's name recognition.ok... that's what I meant... and btw I don't think I can setup my router as a DNS...Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 1 #32 August 23, 2006 I'd be very surprised if your router could hand out DHCP leases without also providing basic DNS services. What model is it? If you don't want to play with your router, to fix things with static IP addresses, go to the router, tell it not to assign IP addresses below (say) .105 . Give each of your two machines a static IP address below .105. Then, in \WINDOWS\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts on each machine, add a line for the other machine. If MachineA is 192.168.1.100 and MachineB is 192.168.1.101, on MachineA you add a line like: 192.168.1.101 MachineB and on MachineB you add: 192.168.1.100 MachineA This won't solve the problem of easily mapping drives on new machines temporarily added to your network, but at least your two main machines will work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
