Network Connection Issues - 5 PCs

[dc4580]

I have 5 computers which are set up in my network
Somehow yesterday I could not access from one computer to another on all
computers in the network. I have computers named Sys1, Sys2, Sys 3 , Sys4 and
Sys5. My problems starting with Sys1



Sys 1 After clicking on my computer under Network drives I only see

drivec on Sys 3 and drivec on Sys 5

drivec on Sys 2 and drive on Sys 4 do not show up any more so I can not
access those computers from the network from Sys 1



Sys 2 is correct, After clicking on my computer under Network drives I see
and can access Sys 1, Sys 3, Sys 4, and Sys 5, which are all the other
computers in the network.



Sys 3 After clicking on my computer under Network drives I see

drivec on Sys 1 , drivec on Sys 2 drivec on Sys 4 and drivec on Sys 5

I can acess all other computers on the network except for drivec Sys 2

drivec Sys 2 shows up but has a red X through it. When I click on it

a window pops up saying, “An error occurred while reconnecting to drive Sys 2

Microsoft windows network. The network path was not found.



Sys 4 all is correct, can access all other computers on network.



Sys 5 After clicking on my computer under Network drives I see

drivec on Sys 1 , drivec on Sys 2 drivec on Sys 3 and drivec Sys 4, which is
all other computers on network.

However when I click on drive Sys 2, a window pops up saying, “An error
occurred while reconnecting to drive Sys 2

Microsoft windows network. The network path was not found. Unlike Sys 3
there was no red X through Sys 2



System OS as follows
Sys1=Window 2000
Sys2=XP Pro
Sys3=Windows 2000
Sys4=Windows 2000
Sys5= XP PRo

Thanks for your help

 

[BadBigBen]

I would suggest, power off the switch and unplug it leave it for 5 min or so, then reapply power to the switch...

then retest...

Ben

"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."

How to ask a question, when posting them to a professional forum.

 

[linney]

Can everybody Ping everybody else?

Is a Router the common denominator? Can they ping the Router? Have you tried a reset/reboot of the Router?

Can you access anything from within "Safe Mode with Networking"?

Is your firewalling causing the problem?

http://www.google.com/search?q="The...-au&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1

 

[goombawaho]

I would attack it (as mentioned above) in the following order.

1. Shut down all PCs and router.
2. Restart router and wait for 2 minutes
3. Restart all PCs and let them run for 10 minutes
4. Check network connections - if no love then
5. Start ping tests (by name and IP) between PCs and from router to PCs
6. Start looking at firewall
7. Look at malware

 

[dc4580]

Solution was to start over in "Add a network place" and label each computer. Started from the beginning. Thanks for all responses. Much appreciated.


Dave