In article <DA5E8D3C-2790-4178-A330-B9D56531A709@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Richiemon <Richiemon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I have a win 2k server machine sharing a drive across a lan. There is 1
> Macbook running Tiger that constantly seems to have a problem connecting
to
> the shared drive on the 2k server (almost daily). The Macbook is set to
the
> same workgroup as the rest of the machines on the network, so I always
see
> all the computers on the network, however when I try to connect to the
2k
> shared drive, I get prompted to set up a UAM volume...which never gets
me
> anywhere.
>
> The only way I can ever seem to get it to work normally is to play
around
> with the Macbooks IP address..changing it a few times...sometimes making
it a
> static address and sometimes not...until mysteriously I am able to
access the
> shared drive normally. When it works, I dont get prompted with this
UAM
> volume stuff at all...and usually the mac will not have any problems
> connecting for the rest of the day.
How is your Macbook connecting? Via AFP or SMB? Try either of these
methods on the machine by going to Go --> Connect to Server... and
entering:
afp://serverIPaddress or smb://serverIPaddress.
bill
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William M. Smith
(Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows)
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