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  Asked: Nov 7 2007   4:07 PM GMT
  Asked by: Wingsforstanley

UNC over WLAN issues


UNC, WLAN, NetBIOS

For some reason I cannot get UNC to work over the WLAN connection I have setup in my office. UNC works if I'm connect through a ethernet port though. I've tried adding the IP of my wirless AP to the 2k3 server resolving the UNC connections to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Last Answered: Nov 10 2007  11:39 AM GMT  by Wrobinson




This is certainly an odd situation. Here are a couple of things you can try:

1. Replace the hostname in the UNC path with the IP address of the host that you are attempting to access.
2. If you are attempting to connect to a multi-level UNC path, try only connecting to the base share.
3. Check to see if NetBIOS is enabled on the AP.

Here is a question:

How does the AP connect to the wired network?
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Wingsforstanley  |   Nov 12 2007  10:38PM GMT

1. When I use an IP address to resolve the computers/sever
it works, just not using UNC.

2. No form of UNC path works, regardless of it’s hierarchy.

3. NetBIOS being disabled on the AP should not be a problem since I am not using any kinds of ACLs that would prevent it.

It’s plugged into a switch port on a Cisco catalyst switch. The port that it is plugged into is trunking and packets are tagged from the AP.

Thanks in advance.