I have a new W2008 server (named mlcserver) and a single XP Pro workstation. They both connect to a modem router and are in the same workgroup (mlcwrkgrp).

 

From the workstation I can

1) ping the server

2) remote onto the server

3) see the server in My Network Places | Entire Network | Microsoft Windows Network | mlcwrkgrp | mlcserver

 

However, when I click on the mlcserver node I get the error message :

 

"\\mlcserver is not accessible. You might not have permission to use the network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.

 

The network path was not found."

 

I am using the same account to do all three things.

 

Is this a server permissions issue or a network issue?

 

Please could someone point me in the right direction.

 

Thanks in anticipation.

from xp machine:

 

start>run>cmd

ipconfig /flushdns

log off, then log back on..

 

Is the XP machine set to Auto IP?

..ISA server could be blocking it...

*Theory* - Server only.. no that wouldnt work..

hmm.. Try the above, see if that works.

 

also from CMD, try to run

nslookup mlcserver

(and see if it can find it that way)

 

Let us know what happens!! =)

from xp machine:

 

start>run>cmd

ipconfig /flushdns

log off, then log back on..

 

Is the XP machine set to Auto IP?

..ISA server could be blocking it...

*Theory* - Server only.. no that wouldnt work..

hmm.. Try the above, see if that works.

 

also from CMD, try to run

nslookup mlcserver

(and see if it can find it that way)

 

Let us know what happens!! =)

Thank-you for taking the trouble to reply after so long!

 

I am glad to say that I did eventually work out what my problem was : the firewall on my workstation was blocking the reply from the server. Once I configured it to allow traffic from the relevant IP address then everything was fine.