24elements Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 I cannot see my network workstations from my Windows 2012 R2 server. All the workstations are Windows 10. But at a Windows 10 workstation I can see all the workstations and server in network. The following services are started and running on the Windows 2012 R2 server. DNS Client Function Discovery Resource Publication SSDP Discovery UPnP Device Host Please Help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc302 Veteran Posted April 19, 2016 Veteran Share Posted April 19, 2016 what do you mean you cannot see you network workstations. first things that come to mind, local software/microsoft/antivirus firewalls on the workstations. second thing that comes to mind, dns not right/pointing to the wrong address third thing that comes to mind, there is so much relevant detail here that the issue was caused by the potato I had for lunch. (I should know better than to eat potatoes when you are working). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24elements Posted April 19, 2016 Author Share Posted April 19, 2016 Well, if the potatoes make you fart I wouldn't do it in front of children. Bad manners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc302 Veteran Posted April 19, 2016 Veteran Share Posted April 19, 2016 you haven't exactly answered the question "what do you mean you cannot see the workstations?" question. Can I assume that it is an Active Directory Server or a Active Directory member server or is that too much of an assumption? can you not connect to the administrative share? can you not remote desktop into them? can you not do a nslookup to find them? can you not get ping replies? can you not see them in the network option in windows explorer? how exactly are you trying to "see" them? You can see that there are a number of ways to "see" them...I don't know where to start troubleshooting other than trying to puke up that potato for you. 1st...what happens when you try to connect to \\computername\c$ ? 2nd...what happens when you try to rdp into them? 3rd...what happens when you try a "nslookup computername" on the server? 4th...what happens when you try to "ping computername" on the server? 5th..what happens when you try to browse for them in file explorer? error messages, events, anything to help me.....screen shot would be great. so you have some irrelevant services installed...great! I am happy you have them installed, that really helps knowing that information....as much as my potato. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24elements Posted April 19, 2016 Author Share Posted April 19, 2016 Maybe a good shock treatment might help you. Of course short term memory might be affected but in the end, do you really need that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc302 Veteran Posted April 19, 2016 Veteran Share Posted April 19, 2016 memory is over rated. short or long. but back to the issue. are you still having issues? can you answer my questions? are you not the person who can answer those questions? if not perhaps you can get someone who can... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24elements Posted April 19, 2016 Author Share Posted April 19, 2016 (edited) Windows 2012 R2 server with active directory. Actually there are 2 Windows 2012 R2 servers on the domain. I can see both servers in windows explorer and can ping each one. I also see one of the workstations but I cannot ping it. What did you mean by: second thing that comes to mind, dns not right/pointing to the wrong address I'll try your 1st through 5th and let you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc302 Veteran Posted April 19, 2016 Veteran Share Posted April 19, 2016 well if dns has the wrong address in its database ie: host1 A 192.168.2.1 host1 actual ip 192.168.2.157 you are going to have issues connecting to host1 yes this does happen occasionally, though not often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc302 Veteran Posted April 19, 2016 Veteran Share Posted April 19, 2016 also for the craps and laughs, disable the firewall and av on a client pc as a test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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