Chelmsford
Programmer
I have good reason to use a UNC path to access a shared folder residing on my local PC but when the PC is disconnected from my Ethernet LAN. However, I am having problems with this and would very much welcome some assistance! Is it possible to do what I am attempting? If so, how? Details follow:
When my PC is connected to the LAN I can use Window’s “start/run” with command “\\mycomputername\sharedfoldername” and this will result in Windows Explorer displaying the contents of the shared folder. However, as soon as I unplug my PC from the network, reboot, login, then attempt to do the same thing, I get the error message:
“\\mycomputername\sharedfoldername is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource … The network location cannot be reached.”
I can, however, view the contents of this folder using Windows Explorer so the problem appears to be with the usage of the UNC path when disconnected from the LAN.
In both scenarios I have logged in to my local PC in exactly the same way, i.e. as a user with administrator permissions (I have deliberately avoided logging on to the LAN server’s domain). My PC has Windows XP Professional SP2 although I also get the same behaviour on a different PC running Windows XP Home (no service packs).
My shared folder has the following properties:
- user limit = maximum allowed
- share permissions: everyone has full control, change and read ticked.
- caching settings are enabled as “manual caching of documents”
- security settings set to full control (everything ticked).
Any help would be gratefully received!
When my PC is connected to the LAN I can use Window’s “start/run” with command “\\mycomputername\sharedfoldername” and this will result in Windows Explorer displaying the contents of the shared folder. However, as soon as I unplug my PC from the network, reboot, login, then attempt to do the same thing, I get the error message:
“\\mycomputername\sharedfoldername is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource … The network location cannot be reached.”
I can, however, view the contents of this folder using Windows Explorer so the problem appears to be with the usage of the UNC path when disconnected from the LAN.
In both scenarios I have logged in to my local PC in exactly the same way, i.e. as a user with administrator permissions (I have deliberately avoided logging on to the LAN server’s domain). My PC has Windows XP Professional SP2 although I also get the same behaviour on a different PC running Windows XP Home (no service packs).
My shared folder has the following properties:
- user limit = maximum allowed
- share permissions: everyone has full control, change and read ticked.
- caching settings are enabled as “manual caching of documents”
- security settings set to full control (everything ticked).
Any help would be gratefully received!