Hello
We have a Windows Server 2008 R2 that is NOT able to open a share on a NAS using its NETBIOS name. However it CAN open it using the IP address. The NAS and the Windows Server 2008 are both joined to a Windows 2008 domain.
There are other computers on the network that are part of the domain that do not have this problem. We have other Windows 2008 Servers, Windows 7 Enterprise and Windows XP Professional computers on the domain that access the share using the UNC path and NETBIOS name.
Important points:
• Domain is a Windows 2008 domain
• Active Directory is on a Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition.
• QNAP NAS is joined to the domain and the Administrator has been given read/write access to the network share.
• When the administrator is logged into the domain controller, we can open the network share using the UNC path \\nas-name\network-share without any problems.
• From the Windows 7 and Windows XP computers, when the administrator is logged into the domain, we can also open the network share using the UNC path \\nas-name\network-share without any problems.
• When logged into the domain from the Windows 2008 Server with the problem, we can NOT open the network share using the above UNC patH with NETBIOS name.
• When logged into the domain from the Windows 2008 Server with the problem, we CAN open the network share using the above UNC path with IP Address. So we are able to open it with \\ip-address\network-share.
• When logged into the domain from the Windows 2008 Server with the problem, we CAN ping the NETBIOS name and it returns the correct IP address.
• The firewall is turned OFF on the Windows 2008 Server with the problem.
• Network Discovery is turned on the Windows 2008 Server with the problem.
• We have flushed the DNS cache on the Windows 2008 Server with the problem using the command ipconfig /flushdns.
• We have checked the DNS server and it has a correct Host(A) entry for both the NAS and the Windows 2008 server with the problem.
What could be the cause of this and how may it be resolved?
Regards,
We have a Windows Server 2008 R2 that is NOT able to open a share on a NAS using its NETBIOS name. However it CAN open it using the IP address. The NAS and the Windows Server 2008 are both joined to a Windows 2008 domain.
There are other computers on the network that are part of the domain that do not have this problem. We have other Windows 2008 Servers, Windows 7 Enterprise and Windows XP Professional computers on the domain that access the share using the UNC path and NETBIOS name.
Important points:
• Domain is a Windows 2008 domain
• Active Directory is on a Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition.
• QNAP NAS is joined to the domain and the Administrator has been given read/write access to the network share.
• When the administrator is logged into the domain controller, we can open the network share using the UNC path \\nas-name\network-share without any problems.
• From the Windows 7 and Windows XP computers, when the administrator is logged into the domain, we can also open the network share using the UNC path \\nas-name\network-share without any problems.
• When logged into the domain from the Windows 2008 Server with the problem, we can NOT open the network share using the above UNC patH with NETBIOS name.
• When logged into the domain from the Windows 2008 Server with the problem, we CAN open the network share using the above UNC path with IP Address. So we are able to open it with \\ip-address\network-share.
• When logged into the domain from the Windows 2008 Server with the problem, we CAN ping the NETBIOS name and it returns the correct IP address.
• The firewall is turned OFF on the Windows 2008 Server with the problem.
• Network Discovery is turned on the Windows 2008 Server with the problem.
• We have flushed the DNS cache on the Windows 2008 Server with the problem using the command ipconfig /flushdns.
• We have checked the DNS server and it has a correct Host(A) entry for both the NAS and the Windows 2008 server with the problem.
What could be the cause of this and how may it be resolved?
Regards,