[Mary883]

I have just read through the whole manual - it doesn't really say anything useful it is very basic.

The only other thing I have noticed is that the Freecom Network Assistant software is supposed to be able to map folders to drives but for mine it doesn't see the folders. When I have mapped drives so far I have done via windows.

Mary

[JohnWill]

I missed that DHCP server anomaly, that is odd!

I think we may want to do a couple of things to that box. First, I'd like to insure that all of these settings are proper, run through the following procedure.


Configure DHCP for Windows Vista & Windows 7

1. Click on the Start menu, and select Control Panel.
2. Click on Network and Internet. (Skip this step if you do not see this Control Panel item.)
3. Click on Network and Sharing Center.
4. Click on Manage network connections.
5. Right click on Connection you wish to change and choose Properties. If Windows say it needs your permission to continue, click Continue.
6. Select Internet Protocol Version 4(TCP/IPv4) and click Properties.
7. Select Obtain an IP address automatically.
8. Select Obtain DNS server address automatically.
9. Click OK to close the TCP/IP Properties window.
10. Click OK to close the Local Area Connection Properties window.
11. Click Close to close the Network Connections window.
12. Click Close to close the Control Panel window.

Next, let's do a stack reset.


TCP/IP stack repair options for use with Vista or Windows 7.

Start, All Programs\Accessories and right click on Command Prompt, select "Run as Administrator" to open a command prompt.

In the command prompt window that opens, type type the following commands, each followed by the Enter key:

Reset WINSOCK entries to installation defaults: netsh winsock reset catalog

Reset IPv4 TCP/IP stack to installation defaults. netsh int ipv4 reset reset.log

Reset IPv6 TCP/IP stack to installation defaults. netsh int ipv6 reset reset.log

Reboot the machine.




Finally, post another IPCONFIG /ALL here for that machine.

[Mary883]

Done, here is the log:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Mary>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mary-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : WAG160N

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : WAG160N
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ether
net Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-58-9B-72-81
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::6573:dfff:c506:7a96%11(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.103(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 02 November 2009 14:56:51
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 03 November 2009 14:56:51
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 234886488
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-12-7F-E1-91-00-15-58-9B-72-81

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 212.159.6.10
212.159.6.9
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.WAG160N:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : WAG160N
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 12:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:d5c7:a2d6:282a:66:a88e:b667(Prefer
red)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::282a:66:a88e:b667%13(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

C:\Users\Mary>

Mary

[Mary883]

I have spent hours today trawling the Freecom site forums to see if I can find anything relevant (search didn't throw anything useful) so found this:

the fnsa.exe might not find the network drive on windows 7, but you can map manually by rightclick on workplace and choose map network drive and enter \\servername\foldername then you can map the folders.
We hope to get a fix for the fnsa soon.

IT WORKS!!!!!

I can now access the Freecom drive.

Thanks for all your help John - it is very much appreciated and the computer is running faster after some of the tweaks above especially setting some of the services to Automatic that were manual.

I will mark thread as Solved.

[JohnWill]

OK, I still wonder why the normal network browsing doesn't work, that's pretty odd.

[Mary883]

Weird isn't it - I think it may be an authentication issue as you suggested at one point, even though it doesn't ask for a password etc one of the assistant functions is map drives and on Vista/XP it goes straight in but from W7 it asks for user name and password and just gives a blank screen whatever you enter.

I will just have to keep an eye open for updates to firmware/software but at least there is a work around.

Mary