Thanks Danilo. The ping was working before. The reboot did the trick
though... I guess restarting the various components was not enough.

Ilan

>From: Danilo Almeida <dalmeidaMIT.EDU>
>Reply-To: Common Internet File System <CIFSDISCUSS.MICROSOFT.COM>
>To: CIFSDISCUSS.MICROSOFT.COM
>Subject: Re: Multiple CIFS Servers on Win2K
>Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 10:14:00 -0500
>
>Ilan,
>
>Did you verify that pinging the alias got replies back from the right IP
>address? Did you reboot the machine in between?
>
>I have noticed that the rdr name stuff seems to be a little goofy in
>caching
>negatives for quite a long time. A reboot tends to solve that. But first
>make sure that pinging the name is working properly.
>
>- Danilo
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Common Internet File System [mailto:CIFSDISCUSS.MICROSOFT.COM]On
> > Behalf Of ilan shlosberg
> > Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 10:07 AM
> > To: CIFSDISCUSS.MICROSOFT.COM
> > Subject: Re: Multiple CIFS Servers on Win2K
> >
> >
> > Danilo,
> >
> > I tried your solution on a Win2k machine. I installed the MS loopback
> > adapter, set its IP & netmask, and my server binds to its LANA. I also
> > added the IP address for the adapter into the hosts file with a
> > few aliases.
> >
> > I could access the server by the loopback's IP but nothing I did could
> > get it to respond to the aliases I added. I try doing a Net view on
> > these and I get error 53 (the network path was not found).
> >
> > Do you have any ideas why this isn't working ?
> >
> > Ilan
> >
> >
> > >From: Danilo Almeida <dalmeidaMIT.EDU>
> > >Reply-To: Common Internet File System <CIFSDISCUSS.MICROSOFT.COM>
> > >To: CIFSDISCUSS.MICROSOFT.COM
> > >Subject: Re: Multiple CIFS Servers on Win2K
> > >Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 09:49:12 -0500
> > >
> > >Alex,
> > >
> > >Ajay's solution works, but can cause problems in a Win2k domain
> > (esp. when
> > >not using WINS) because it changes the way name lookups are done.
> > >
> > >We are working with an FS implemented as a loopback SMB server here.
>We
> > >originally tried the SmbDeviceEnabled setting, but we had problems with
> > >group policy in our domain. Now, ee use Method 3 under MS KB article
> > >Q265861 ("Behavior Changes in Microsoft Network Services").
> > >
> > >http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q265/8/61.asp
> > >
> > >In particular, we install the MS loopback adapter, set its IP & netmask
> > >(just so it won't conflict with any autoconfigured adapters), and
>rename
> > >the
> > >connection from the default "Local Area Connection <N>" to some name we
> > >use.
> > >
> > >Our server then finds the adapter by connection name and figures out
>the
> > >LANA to bind to based on that. The server also gets the IP
> > address for the
> > >adapter and writes it into the hosts file with whatever names we want
>to
> > >use
> > >to get at the server from that machine.
> > >
> > >One neat feature is that the FS can be reached via the same name on all
> > >machines (e.g., \\FOOFS\...) because we just write the name into each
> > >machine's host file. The name we register using NetBIOS is anything.
> > >(We're actually going to do unique name registration based on the MAC
> > >addresses of the primary adapter, but for now we do machinename
> > with extra
> > >stuff at the end.)
> > >
> > >[BTW, does anyone know what happens today on a Windows network
> > if you have
> > >long machine names of the form
> > REALLYLONGMACHINENAME-{1,2,3,etc}? How does
> > >the name registration deal with that? Or are Windows machine names
> > >restricted to fewer than 16 characters?]
> > >
> > >If you'd like, I could track down all the relevant code and post
> > it. (Just
> > >be warned that it might take a little bit of time to track all that
>down,
> > >esp. the connection name to LANA code, since I did not work directly on
> > >that.)
> > >
> > >- Danilo
> > >
> > >Ajay Agrawal [aajayIN.IBM.COM] wrote:
> > >
> > > > HI Alex,
> > > >
> > > > It is possible to run multiple cifs/smb servers on W2K, but yo have
>to
> > > > enable it by making the following enrty in the registry
> > > >
> > > > HLM/system/currentcontrolset/services/netbt/parameters
> > > >
> > > > DWORD SMBDeviceEnabled = 0
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > > -Ajay
> > >
> > >Alex Ludman [aludmanESCHERGROUP.COM] wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have a CIFS Server implementation that runs well on Windows NT 4.
>It
> > > > has no problem running on Windows 2000 but if I try to connect to it
> > > > locally using "net use * \\mymachine$\myshare" or from explorer the
> > > > server does not even get a connection notification. The error
>reported
> > > > by the client is "The network name cannot be found." (Error: 67)
> > > > If I shut down the server service everything works fine.
> > > >
> > > > Clients are able to connect from remote machines whether they are NT
>4
> > >or
> > > > Win2K.
> > > >
> > > > The server registers a NetBIOS name which is the name of the machine
> > > > suffixed with "$" (so it will not conflict with the server services
> > > > NetBIOS name).
> > > >
> > > > Is it possible to run (and connect to) multiple CIFS servers
> > > > simultaneously
> > > > on a Win2K machine?
> > > > Is there an alternative way to provide a file system
> > interface (without
> > > > having to write a file system driver)?
> > > > Is there a way to create a new File Service in Active Directory
> > > > for my CIFS
> > > > Server and specify an alternative TCP port (alternative to
> > port 445) for
> > > > accessing it?
> > > > Is there a way to connect from a Win2K client to a CIFS server that
>is
> > > > listening on a port other 445?
> > > >
> > > > I would be glad to hear any suggestions.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Alex
>
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