Re: Tree cannot be found

Anders Gustafsson

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Feb 24, 2009, 3:20:27 PM2/24/09

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Ostrowlaw,
> I reinstalled Novell Client 4.91 SP5 for Windows on my laptop using
> custom install, IP only. I cannot access the server at all, but under
> IPX it was working fine. Obviously, first I wanted to make sure that
> the IP would not present a problem before I jumped to the Linux
> problems.
>
What happens if you leave the tree field blank and enter the server IP
in the server field?

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Edward van der Maas

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Feb 25, 2009, 2:17:12 AM2/25/09

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ostrowlaw wrote:

>
> Same result: "The tree or server cannot be found. Choose a different
> tree or server."

>
> AndersG;1741629 Wrote:
> > Ostrowlaw,
> > > I reinstalled Novell Client 4.91 SP5 for Windows on my laptop
> > > using custom install, IP only. I cannot access the server at
> > > all, but
> > under
> > > IPX it was working fine. Obviously, first I wanted to make sure
> > that
> > > the IP would not present a problem before I jumped to the Linux
> > > problems.

Ermm...does that server has IP enabled ?

on the console type 'ncp addresses'

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Anders Gustafsson

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Feb 25, 2009, 5:49:05 AM2/25/09

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Edward van der Maas,

> Ermm...does that server has IP enabled ?
>

He says he can ping it, but yes check that it is listening for NCP.

Anders Gustafsson

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Feb 25, 2009, 11:16:08 AM2/25/09

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Ostrowlaw,
> It certainly looks like the IP address of 192.168.123.2 is active....
>
Then you should definitely be able to log in by specifying the IP
address for server name and leaving the tree name blank.

Anders Gustafsson

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Feb 25, 2009, 4:11:18 PM2/25/09

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Ostrowlaw,
> Tried that again, still no good. Any suggestions?

Packet trace from workstation to server...

Have you tried more than one WS?

Edward van der Maas

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Feb 25, 2009, 5:23:59 PM2/25/09

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ostrowlaw wrote:

>
> Tried that again, still no good. Any suggestions?

packettrace would be good as Anders suggest. Can you telnet to that
port from your workstation ?

telnet 192.168.123.02 524

do you get a blank screen when you try the above ?

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Edward van der Maas

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Feb 25, 2009, 5:40:34 PM2/25/09

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ostrowlaw wrote:

>
> Tracert: Tracing route to 192.168.123.2 over a maximum of 30 hops
>
> 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.123.2
>
> Trace complete.
>
> Telnet gives me a blank screen.
>
> Does this tell you anything? Thanks.

do a packet trace in that case while you try to authenticate

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Edward van der Maas

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Feb 25, 2009, 7:02:49 PM2/25/09

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ostrowlaw wrote:

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> I turned off my firewall (Zonealarm) and logged right in. Problem is
> with the firewall, not Netware or the installation.

hehehe, nice work :)

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Anders Gustafsson

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Feb 26, 2009, 1:59:06 AM2/26/09

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Ostrowlaw,

> I turned off my firewall (Zonealarm) and logged right in. Problem is
> with the firewall, not Netware or the installation.
>

Arrgghh... :)

Anders Gustafsson

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Feb 28, 2009, 12:20:04 PM2/28/09

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Ostrowlaw,
> Should've thought
> of the obvious first.
>
Well, that could be said of us sysops as well ;) Why did not *we* think
of that?

Peter Kuo

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Mar 1, 2009, 5:00:54 AM3/1/09

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Anders Gustafsson wrote:

> Why did not we think
> of that?

No, its why didn't /you/ think of that ... <g>

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