[pr0n]

I have a server I use mainly for cron job backups via ftp. I have 2 NICs in it one with a public static ip plugged directly into the gateway(w/ built in switch) and another NIC with a static local IP plugged into a 24 port switch which is plugged into my router (both WAN and LAN connection) and also into the switch on the gateway.

Problem I had network shares that where working perfectly prior to the dual NIC setup (when it was only on the LAN) now I cannot access these shares via the standard "\\<computername>\<share>" protocol. I have to "\\<local IP address>\<share>" instead. What changed, and how do I fix it?

here's the NIC configurations
NOTE: for the local configuration I only specified a subnet mask and preferred IP address everything else I left blank

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet
NIC
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::54f6:4174:b9e1:5cb2%18(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel® PRO/100 VE Network Connection
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::9165:27c1:3a73:f354%10(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 173.***.***.114(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.248
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 173.***.***.118
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.85.98
68.87.69.146
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

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what happens when you ping the server by name? locally...what ip comes back?

[dsenette]

what happens when you ping the server by name? locally...what ip comes back?

[pr0n]

it pings perfectly fine by the name and returns the local address (192.168.1.3) which is wierd cause sometimes if I go to the windows network and then open the workgroup it will show "inv-rbs" (the name of the machine) then if I try to open it, it locks up and can't fine the path....
it pings fine also by the static public WAN address

the stupid machine is even returned by a net view command then if I net view \\inv-rbs it can't find it. I've been reading http://technet.micro...y/bb727013.aspx but so far it hasn't clued me in on anything

Edited by pr0n, 17 September 2009 - 10:26 AM.