Windows 10: Issues connecting to network shares from Win10 Pro

In the last month one of our pcs Win10 Pro is facing a strange issue to connect to network shares on one single server.

In the morning, after booting, the pc is able to re-connect to network shares on two other servers and it fails to reconnect to the shares on "SERVER_A".

Opening a command prompt, I can observe the following:



- both "nbtstat -a NETBIOSNAME_SERVER_A" and "nbtstat -A IP_SERVER_A" return the correct information regarding the server

- "nbtstat -c" has the netbios name and ip of SERVER_A

- typically, "net view \\IP_SERVER_A" returns the list of the folders shared on SERVER_A

- typically, "net view \\NETBIOSNAME_SERVER_A" hangs without any error message ... only way out is Ctrl-C or close the window

- at time these last two conditions are reversed ... list is returned only with NetBIOS name and not with IP. This last case is quite interesting as if it was just an issue of resolving the NetBIOS name, I should always be able to list the shares via IP ... which is not the case.



TEMPORARY SOLUTION

- force the deletion of all network maps "net use * /delete”

- reboot

- re-map network shares



NOTE

I have multiple pc connected on the LAN and using the same server/shares and none of them have this issue

:)

 

Network Sharing

Hi Arya,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

Provide us additional information to assist you better with this issue:

1. Are you trying to share the wireless network connection from Windows device to phone?
   
2. What is the make and model of the phone?
   
3. Which version of Windows is installed on your device?
   

Refer the article ‘Which version of Windows operating system am I running’
to provide the details.

If you’re referring to sharing the Wireless network connection in Windows 10, I suggest you to follow the steps mentioned below.

1. Press Windows + I key on your keyboard and click on Network & Internet.
   
2. On the network & Internet page, click on ‘Mobile hotspot’.
   
3. ‘Turn On’ Share my Internet connection with other devices under Mobile hotspot.
   
4. The default network name and password will be available under Mobile hotspot.
   
5. Enter the same password on the device which you’re trying to connect and check the status of the issue.
   

If you’re trying to share the internet connection, then refer the article
Use your PC as a mobile hotspot
for more information.

If you’re referring to ‘File sharing’, I suggest you to refer the section ‘How do I troubleshoot sharing and folders’ from the article ‘File
sharing over a network in Windows 10’.

Get back to us for further assistance on this issue. We will be happy to help you.

Regards,

Muralidhar

Microsoft Community Moderator

 

Network Sharing Issues

Hi,



Thank you for your response.



We would like you to perform these steps and check.



Step 1: Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP on Windows, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, and then click
   Network. (Or you type ncpa.cpl into the search box, and press ENTER).
   
2. Click on the Network and Sharing Center, and then click Manage Network Connections.
   
3. Right click on the Local Area Connection or the connection you are using, and then select
   Properties.
   
4. Select the Internet Protocol version 4 (TCP/IPv4)
   
5. Click the Advanced button under the General tab.
   
6. Click the WINS tab.
   
7. Click the Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP button. Click
   Ok.
   

Step 2: Access shared drive using IP Address.

Try accessing the shared drive by using the IP Address of the other PC and check.



Step 3: Temporarily Disable Firewall and check. Disable Firewall one computer at a time.



Regards,



Aditya Roy

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

Sharing network connection


Hello,

I'm wondering if anyone is having issues with sharing their internet connection with other devices after a recent update to Windows 10. After installing KB3176936 and KB3176934, I am unable to share my network. My current setup has my laptop connected to the home Wi-Fi and then sharing that Wi-Fi connection through the ethernet port on my laptop to my Raspberry Pi 2. Before the update, I was able to set my home network as public and network sharing would still work. Now I need to change it to Private first before the network can be shared. The issue I have with this though is that it creates a network from my laptop named "DIRECT-WR[computer name here]" which I don't want to show up in network lists. Anyway to set my network to private without creating that other network? Or to share it without setting my Wi-Fi connection as private? Thanks.