No network provider accepted the given network path

Hello,

in our company we have visitors who need to connect their laptops to our LAN
and copy some files to one of our servers.
The visitors have an own subnet (192.168.0.) that is connected to our LAN
(10.1.0) via a router.
In our LAN there is a server with a share. The share permissions are set to
FULL for everybody and for anonymous (on share-level and on NTFS level)
The visitors' laptops are XP clients and use DHCP. They are not part of our
domain. They have no DNS settings.

Ping between the subnets works.

On the visitor's laptop I try to connect to the server's share using
\\10.1.0.100\share
As a test I have also have tried to use hosts\lmhosts and have used
\\servername\share

I have expected the the laptop would prompt for a username\password dialog
when trying the connect to the share... but:
When I try connect with the browser or NET USE to the share then it fails
with errors like this:

"No network provider accepted the given network path"
"network path was not found"

What could be the reason that the laptops can not connect to the server's
share ?


Win2003Server XP (visitor's laptop)
Domain-Member ------ Router ------ not a Domain member
10.1.0.100 192.168.0.100 (DHCP
client)
\\10.1.0.100\share exists Firewall enabled, but
File\Printservice allowed
share permissions FULL everybody no DNS settings
NTFS permissions FULL everybody
no firewall enabled


Thank you

Heinz

Hello Heinz,

Try using the fqdn for server. \\ServerName.domain.com\share

Isaac

"Heinz" <Spacewalker4711(noSpam)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OGOpzQ3xJHA.3560@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Hello,
>
> in our company we have visitors who need to connect their laptops to our
> LAN and copy some files to one of our servers.
> The visitors have an own subnet (192.168.0.) that is connected to our LAN
> (10.1.0) via a router.
> In our LAN there is a server with a share. The share permissions are set
> to FULL for everybody and for anonymous (on share-level and on NTFS level)
> The visitors' laptops are XP clients and use DHCP. They are not part of
> our domain. They have no DNS settings.
>
> Ping between the subnets works.
>
> On the visitor's laptop I try to connect to the server's share using
> \\10.1.0.100\share
> As a test I have also have tried to use hosts\lmhosts and have used
> \\servername\share
>
> I have expected the the laptop would prompt for a username\password dialog
> when trying the connect to the share... but:
> When I try connect with the browser or NET USE to the share then it fails
> with errors like this:
>
> "No network provider accepted the given network path"
> "network path was not found"
>
> What could be the reason that the laptops can not connect to the server's
> share ?
>
>
> Win2003Server XP (visitor's laptop)
> Domain-Member ------ Router ------ not a Domain member
> 10.1.0.100 192.168.0.100
> (DHCP client)
> \\10.1.0.100\share exists Firewall enabled, but
> File\Printservice allowed
> share permissions FULL everybody no DNS settings
> NTFS permissions FULL everybody
> no firewall enabled
>
>
> Thank you
>
> Heinz
>
>
>

thank you for your answer.
I have tried this, but doesnt work.

"Isaac Oben [MCITP:EA, MCSE]" <isaac.oben@nospam.gmail.com> schrieb im
Newsbeitrag news:OYVdPT6xJHA.4244@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Hello Heinz,
>
> Try using the fqdn for server. \\ServerName.domain.com\share
>
> Isaac
>
> "Heinz" <Spacewalker4711(noSpam)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OGOpzQ3xJHA.3560@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Hello,
>>
>> in our company we have visitors who need to connect their laptops to our
>> LAN and copy some files to one of our servers.
>> The visitors have an own subnet (192.168.0.) that is connected to our LAN
>> (10.1.0) via a router.
>> In our LAN there is a server with a share. The share permissions are set
>> to FULL for everybody and for anonymous (on share-level and on NTFS
>> level)
>> The visitors' laptops are XP clients and use DHCP. They are not part of
>> our domain. They have no DNS settings.
>>
>> Ping between the subnets works.
>>
>> On the visitor's laptop I try to connect to the server's share using
>> \\10.1.0.100\share
>> As a test I have also have tried to use hosts\lmhosts and have used
>> \\servername\share
>>
>> I have expected the the laptop would prompt for a username\password
>> dialog when trying the connect to the share... but:
>> When I try connect with the browser or NET USE to the share then it fails
>> with errors like this:
>>
>> "No network provider accepted the given network path"
>> "network path was not found"
>>
>> What could be the reason that the laptops can not connect to the server's
>> share ?
>>
>>
>> Win2003Server XP (visitor's laptop)
>> Domain-Member ------ Router ------ not a Domain member
>> 10.1.0.100 192.168.0.100
>> (DHCP client)
>> \\10.1.0.100\share exists Firewall enabled, but
>> File\Printservice allowed
>> share permissions FULL everybody no DNS settings
>> NTFS permissions FULL everybody
>> no firewall enabled
>>
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>> Heinz
>>
>>
>>
>
>

thank you for your answer.
I have tried that but didnt work

"Heinz" <Spacewalker4711(noSpam)@hotmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:uyltYwDyJHA.1712@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> thank you for your answer.
> I have tried this, but doesnt work.
>
> "Isaac Oben [MCITP:EA, MCSE]" <isaac.oben@nospam.gmail.com> schrieb im
> Newsbeitrag news:OYVdPT6xJHA.4244@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Hello Heinz,
>>
>> Try using the fqdn for server. \\ServerName.domain.com\share
>>
>> Isaac
>>
>> "Heinz" <Spacewalker4711(noSpam)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:OGOpzQ3xJHA.3560@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> in our company we have visitors who need to connect their laptops to our
>>> LAN and copy some files to one of our servers.
>>> The visitors have an own subnet (192.168.0.) that is connected to our
>>> LAN (10.1.0) via a router.
>>> In our LAN there is a server with a share. The share permissions are set
>>> to FULL for everybody and for anonymous (on share-level and on NTFS
>>> level)
>>> The visitors' laptops are XP clients and use DHCP. They are not part of
>>> our domain. They have no DNS settings.
>>>
>>> Ping between the subnets works.
>>>
>>> On the visitor's laptop I try to connect to the server's share using
>>> \\10.1.0.100\share
>>> As a test I have also have tried to use hosts\lmhosts and have used
>>> \\servername\share
>>>
>>> I have expected the the laptop would prompt for a username\password
>>> dialog when trying the connect to the share... but:
>>> When I try connect with the browser or NET USE to the share then it
>>> fails with errors like this:
>>>
>>> "No network provider accepted the given network path"
>>> "network path was not found"
>>>
>>> What could be the reason that the laptops can not connect to the
>>> server's share ?
>>>
>>>
>>> Win2003Server XP (visitor's
>>> laptop)
>>> Domain-Member ------ Router ------ not a Domain member
>>> 10.1.0.100 192.168.0.100
>>> (DHCP client)
>>> \\10.1.0.100\share exists Firewall enabled, but
>>> File\Printservice allowed
>>> share permissions FULL everybody no DNS settings
>>> NTFS permissions FULL everybody
>>> no firewall enabled
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>>
>>> Heinz
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Heinz,

I will put the visitors in same LAN but DONOT add them to the domain and see
if that helped..I am thinking DNS issue here is causing this..
Or try giving visitors access to dns server

Isaac

"Heinz" <Spacewalker4711(noSpam)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> thank you for your answer.
> I have tried that but didnt work
>
> "Heinz" <Spacewalker4711(noSpam)@hotmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:uyltYwDyJHA.1712@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> thank you for your answer.
>> I have tried this, but doesnt work.
>>
>> "Isaac Oben [MCITP:EA, MCSE]" <isaac.oben@nospam.gmail.com> schrieb im
>> Newsbeitrag news:OYVdPT6xJHA.4244@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> Hello Heinz,
>>>
>>> Try using the fqdn for server. \\ServerName.domain.com\share
>>>
>>> Isaac
>>>
>>> "Heinz" <Spacewalker4711(noSpam)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:OGOpzQ3xJHA.3560@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> in our company we have visitors who need to connect their laptops to
>>>> our LAN and copy some files to one of our servers.
>>>> The visitors have an own subnet (192.168.0.) that is connected to our
>>>> LAN (10.1.0) via a router.
>>>> In our LAN there is a server with a share. The share permissions are
>>>> set to FULL for everybody and for anonymous (on share-level and on NTFS
>>>> level)
>>>> The visitors' laptops are XP clients and use DHCP. They are not part of
>>>> our domain. They have no DNS settings.
>>>>
>>>> Ping between the subnets works.
>>>>
>>>> On the visitor's laptop I try to connect to the server's share using
>>>> \\10.1.0.100\share
>>>> As a test I have also have tried to use hosts\lmhosts and have used
>>>> \\servername\share
>>>>
>>>> I have expected the the laptop would prompt for a username\password
>>>> dialog when trying the connect to the share... but:
>>>> When I try connect with the browser or NET USE to the share then it
>>>> fails with errors like this:
>>>>
>>>> "No network provider accepted the given network path"
>>>> "network path was not found"
>>>>
>>>> What could be the reason that the laptops can not connect to the
>>>> server's share ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Win2003Server XP (visitor's
>>>> laptop)
>>>> Domain-Member ------ Router ------ not a Domain member
>>>> 10.1.0.100 192.168.0.100
>>>> (DHCP client)
>>>> \\10.1.0.100\share exists Firewall enabled,
>>>> but File\Printservice allowed
>>>> share permissions FULL everybody no DNS settings
>>>> NTFS permissions FULL everybody
>>>> no firewall enabled
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thank you
>>>>
>>>> Heinz
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>