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IT STARTED SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE BUT TURNS OUT TO BE PROBLEMS AFTER PR

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IT STARTED SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE BUT TURNS OUT TO BE PROBLEMS AFTER PROBLEMS. OUR OLD NETWORK CARD HAS BEEN REPLACED TO NEW ONE, ASSIGNED STATICALLY AN IP ADDRESS BUT WOULD NOT LET ME DO THAT UNTILL I CHANGED THE OLD NETWORK CARD IP ADDRESS TO DIFFERENT IP ADDRESS. I UNDERSTAND WE SHOULD BUILD SAME TCP/IP STACK TO THE NEW NETWORK CARD. BUT HOW DO I DISPLAY THE OUR OTHER NETWORKS VIA ENTIRE MICROSOFT WINDOWS, DO I HAVE INSTALL OTHER PROTOCOLS SUCH NETBUIE AND NETBOIS WHATEVER, WHAT THE BEST WAY. THANKS LEBISOL AND SEASPRAY. PLEASE HELP ME HERE.

I HAVE TO SAY, WE HAD DHCP PROBLEMS, DNS PROBLEMS, WINS PROBLEMS. THOSE ARE NOW SORTED AND THE PROBLEM IS WE CANN'T BROWSER OUR OTHER NETWORKS. CAN YOU HELP.
 
you will need to start by testing the bottom of the tcp/ip stack and working your way up. each layer depends on the one below. When you find the layer of the tcp/ip stack that
is failing, it usually points to where the look problems.

start>run>cmd

at the command prompt...
>ipconfig /all
record the settings

ping 127.0.0.1 (ping the loopback address to test the low end of the stack).
ping ###.###.###.### (ping the ip address of your nic tests it on the network)

>ping ###.###.###.### (ip address of dns server in settings)
if no response, you have a tcp/ip config error on you card.

if yes, continue.
>ping dns.domain.com (ping dns server by fqdn)
if no resolution, you have a DNS related issue... wrong address to dns server,

if resolution and ping ok, then dns working, continue.
>ping wins.domain.com (ping your wins server by fqdn)
if no, you can't reach your wins server.

if yes, continue.
ping dns (ping your dns server by its netbios name)
ping wins (ping your wins server by its netbios name)
If no on resolution, you have a netbios issue. Using netbios over tcp/ip? Wins server problem?

If yes, continue.
r-click "my network places">explore>entire network>windows network>
you should see your domain.
If you can't open the domain and see PC's in it, you may have a permissions issue.

start>\\fileserver.domain.com\share (manually open up a share in an explorer window using the fqdn name).

start>\\fileserver\share (manually open up a share in an explorer window using the netbios name).

Start, Help. You'll be surprised what's there. A+/MCP/MCSE/MCDBA
 
Just a question - maybe I am mis-understanding.

Did you ever get the new card to have the old ip address.

I had this issue before and could not change until I went into device manager - view - show hidden devices and removed the old card.

If this is off base sorry.
 
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