Vista RC2 can't see anything on the local network...

[Chocolate Pi]

I've been a vista user since Beta 2, and a happy Vista user since RC1. However, a certain odd factor has reared its head... I can't see ANYTHING on my dorm's local network! (And they can't see me!) Where it is just browsing or setting up a game server, I'm out of the loop. However, access to the internet has been, and is, perfectly fine. In fact, when the dorm was having all sorts of internet issues, my vista PC was the best off, able to always identify whatever was wrong at the moment and once in a blue moon overcome it when everyone else was still down.

But anyway, the only problem here at all is that I can't see game servers other people here make, and they can't see mine. Actually, I did see one person's Battlefield 2 server once, but it wouldn't let me connect and showed a ping of 2500! (Then it vanished from the list.) At home, I can access and be accessed from other XP machines with no trouble at all...

Does anyone with some windows/networking knowledge have any idea what the problem here could be?

 

[Seeruk]

You using the nforce 4's built-in NIC by any chance?

 

[InlineFive]

IIRC, on my system it kept turning off a Network Discovery Service (correct name?). Turning that back on fixed the problem.

 

[Lemon law]

To take a shot in the dark---have you set up any sharing---even with XP networks you often can't see anything in view workgroups until you set up something to share.
And the symtom are also the same--internet access works just fine.

 

[Genx87]

I found that network discovery service kills my AD enviornment. I turn it on and all computers on the network that are Vista lose their ability to gain access to mapped drives or authenticate with the controller. I turn it off and regain access within 90 seconds.

Anybody else notice this?

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: Genx87
I found that network discovery service kills my AD enviornment. I turn it on and all computers on the network that are Vista lose their ability to gain access to mapped drives or authenticate with the controller. I turn it off and regain access within 90 seconds.

Anybody else notice this?

In my mind Network Discovery is for P2P LANs where the computers are responsible for locating resources. In an AD LAN, the resources are centrally managed.

Does AD not work if you enable Network Discovery?

 

[Genx87]

Originally posted by: InlineFive

Originally posted by: Genx87
I found that network discovery service kills my AD enviornment. I turn it on and all computers on the network that are Vista lose their ability to gain access to mapped drives or authenticate with the controller. I turn it off and regain access within 90 seconds.

Anybody else notice this?

In my mind Network Discovery is for P2P LANs where the computers are responsible for locating resources. In an AD LAN, the resources are centrally managed.

Does AD not work if you enable Network Discovery?

It knocks Vista machines off the network when I enable it on any Vista machine. Meaning mapped drives fail to locate. If I try to connect to the AD machine through a UNC path it prompts for a password. WinXP and Win2K continue to work without issue.

It is odd when you think about it. What could this possibly be doing to knock the enabled computer off, but also any other Vista machine on the network?

 

[spyordie007]

That's strange, right now I've got 3 domain member vista machines (1x5600, 2x5744) and all of them have network discovery enabled and I havent seen this issue. I dont recall runing into this with earlier builds either. Any chance you've been playing with the new group policy settings?

 

[Genx87]

Originally posted by: spyordie007
That's strange, right now I've got 3 domain member vista machines (1x5600, 2x5744) and all of them have network discovery enabled and I havent seen this issue. I dont recall runing into this with earlier builds either. Any chance you've been playing with the new group policy settings?

Nope, I have the network discovery turned off by default. When I turn it on blamo, dead on both machines.

Both are build 5744

Ill play with it more tonight. I just havent had time to really play with it.

 

[spyordie007]

Though I wouldnt think it would make a differance you may want to take a look at the firewall settings also.