Networking
Popcorn Hour A-210 network frustrations
For some time now I had a lot of issues with my PCH-A210.
When I power it on, I check the network settings and PCH-PopCorn Hour aquired an IP address from my router. No matter that I can ping it I am unable to access my PC (myiHome server running normally).
When I try to browse the PCH folder structure using UNC path I can usually start navigation, but after one or two subfolders it stucks with the network discovery line slowly crawling. After some time folder opens, if I try to go even deeper in the folder structure I usually get an error about 'network path not found'.
I was not sure sure if this was related to firmware update (latest one) or this PCH-A210 is just one buggy device.
To fix this problem, I had to restart the damn device 5-10 times until I'm able to normally browse the folder structure and copy from and to the device. Unfortunately I haven't received any help from Popcorn Hour forums so I was on my own. I've managed to find out the culprit of the problem that was located on my desk.
Last Updated on Sunday, 08 April 2012 07:51
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Error code 0x80070043 - The Network name cannot be found
You might experience the following issue with the Windows 2008 R2 Server.
When you try to access the server using UNC path, you might get the following error:
Error code 0x80070043 - The Network name cannot be found
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How to find out which Proxy Server I am using
One of our users asked: Is there a way to find out what proxy I am using if Internet Options are disabled by Group Policy?
There are couple of ways to find out what proxy server you're using.
Here's how to find out the proxy server address using Command Prompt.
Last Updated on Sunday, 08 April 2012 07:51
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DHCP serves wrong IP address from an old VLAN when connected to another VLAN
Here's one of the issues which caused me a lot of headaches until we finally resolved it.
We have 4 vlans, one DHCP that has configured one superscope and a scope for each vlan (different subnet). When someone connects the laptop to VLAN3 for instance, the user gets the proper IP, but if he switches vlan to vlan1, he will get an address from vlan3.
If I release the IP address and renew it, I will again get the wrong VLAN3 address when physically connected to vlan1.
Last Updated on Sunday, 08 April 2012 07:51
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Windows 7 mapped drive disconnected with red X
I had issues with mapped drives on Windows 2003 server from Windows 7 workstation.
Drives are still visible in windows explorer, but an icon has red X over it. Once you try to double click the drive, the following error occurs:
"Error occured while connecting to \\server\drive, Microsoft Windows Network: The local device name is already in use."
Last Updated on Thursday, 24 January 2013 12:35
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