Can't Map or See Network Storage Drive

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imouto

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Hey all,

I recently purchased a SimpleShare Office Storage Server and for the life of me can't figure out why I can't map the drive in Windows XP. I can ping the server just fine. I can access its web-based administration page just fine, but I can't map the drive or see it in Network Places. I've double-checked the workgroup name for the server and it's the same as my computer. Do I need certain services enabled? Do I need to do anything with my network settings? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

OS: Windows XP
DSL Router/Modem: Westell 327W
 
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If they are both in the same workgroup and you are certain that you've made all the proper rights allowances, try mapping to the server by IP address.

E.g., in expolrer Tools\map_network_drive \\192.168.254.253\sharename. If this works, it may be a lookup problem. Try adding the server to your hosts table (c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts) and your XP box to the hosts table on the server. (and/or LMHOSTS)

If you can't map using IP address, let us know what the error is.

Regards
 
PDusome said:
If they are both in the same workgroup and you are certain that you've made all the proper rights allowances, try mapping to the server by IP address.

E.g., in expolrer Tools\map_network_drive \\192.168.254.253\sharename. If this works, it may be a lookup problem. Try adding the server to your hosts table (c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts) and your XP box to the hosts table on the server. (and/or LMHOSTS)

If you can't map using IP address, let us know what the error is.

Regards

ok, this is really weird. I had actually tried that IP address method earlier tonight and I didn't work (don't remember what the error message said exactly). But I just tried it again right now and I was able to map the drive. Strange. I'm not all that familiar with editing the hosts table. What exactly do I type in this file?
 
Hosts

The directory will contain a sample hosts file, but just in case, each entry consists of an IP address followed by a at least one space, then a name. E.g., :

127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.254.1 groovy
192.168.254.253 MyServer
10.10.10.10 wackywackywacky.whatever.com
 
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