[SBE] Windows 7 networking headache

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Windows workstation machines on a common LAN subnet can only  support 10 
simultaneous connections from other machines for sharing resources.  On an AV 
WG with a number of users mapped into the AVAir server, that machine  may 
have already hit 10 shares and your traffic person is denied access. 
 
When you do a Network browse of that WG and only some machines appear  but 
not all, the subnet mask settings may be incorrect. Check the subnet mask  
settings on your hardcoded static NIC entries.  Typically for a limited  
number of machines like an AV WG subnet, they will be set up as a fractional  
subnet block within the .255 total and not the entire subnet (255.255.255.0).  
For 128 machines or only half that subnet, use 255.255.255.128. For only 64 
IP's  within the block, use 255.255.255.192. 
 
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In a message dated 12/8/2014 9:22:48 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
cyengst at star991.com writes:

I've got one machine on my studio's network that can't seem to  play well 
with others as far as networking is concerned.  We use Audio  Vault Flex as 
our automation system, and at first I thought the problem was  because I had 
neglected to "Enable NetBios over TCP/IP" on that machine, as is  required 
by Flex.  


Well, that's enabled, and I still can't get it to behave.


Basically, this one PC on the network (our traffic coordinator) will not  
access one of our on-air servers.  When you open the Network window, it  sees 
it there, but when you click on it, you get the "You don't have access to  
that.  Contact your network administrator..." message.  Network  
administrator?  That would be ME!


Funny thing is, this PC has a couple network drive maps that point to the  
same server, and they work just fine.


Then, sometimes you'll open the Network window, and only about half the  
computers on the network will appear.


All computers are on the same switch, the same workgroup, and have all  
sharing of drives enabled.


I posted some of this tale of woe on the AV email list, but I thought,  
since it's a Windows issue, I'd put it out to the engineering community at  
large.


Thanks in advance.


 
 
 
Curt  Yengst 
Engineer 
732-469-0991  x3127


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