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Cannot access Network Shared Drives over Corporate Network on Wireless
hi guys,
so I have this weird problem that is driving me nuts since some weeks... here's the thing
at work we have a corporate set up with Win 7 Professional, everything is setup on a "domain".
we all have Dell computers and we can connect either via cable or via wireless, pretty standard these days.
anyway, if I connect via cable and login everything works perfectly, I can see the local network shares and no problems at all.
Problems start to arise on wireless! Here's the crazy scenario:
- if I start PC on cable, with wifi turned off via hardware switch then say I undock the PC for going to a meeting room AND I turn on the wifi, everything works fine, I can see the network drives, all good (it crunches for a few moments when I load explorer the first time and then he "finds" the network drives)
- if I decide to go back to my station, turn off wifi, re-dock the PC, back to cable, everything works fine.
BUT
- if say I am on cable, undock the pc, put on the wifi and THEN I restart the PC, when the computer boots win 7 (it takes some time at boot) then I cannot access the network drives anymore! they have the red X and it says "connection cannot be restored" or something like that. internet browsing always works fine. and I DONT do any login on wireless, I think because it's on a "domain" setup.
that is tested 50 times in a row! basically if I don't give him the cable at boot, I cannot see the network drives. and also, when it cannot detect correctly the network drives, if I restart the laptop it literally gets stuck and I have to force a reset. on cable it restarts in like 10 seconds.
I also noticed that when I am on cable, if I go to "network" then I see some of my colleague's computers there, BUT if I am on wifi (when I cannot access the network drives), then I see just myself. this would make sense in a way....
things I already tried that didn't change a thing
- enable files and printer sharing, check
- check client for Microsoft networks
- TCP / IP > advanced > NetBIOS "enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP" from default that was before
- flush DNS
- restart winsocks with the net something command (sorry cant remember the syntax)
nothing seems to make a difference. to complicate things, some of my colleagues, with older dell computers don't have any issue at all in fact they are always on wifi.
for me it's a personal choice, I like to be on cable when at the desk (faster connection overall) and when I go to meeting rooms I use the wireless obviously but it's very annoying that I have to remember "not to restart" if I am in meeting room, otherwise I cannot see the network drives where we have work stuff!
sorry for the rant, help highly appreciated!
thanks
Gabrio