the wdtv has been working since my last post yesterday… one thing still bothering me is that net view was stil not working on any of my machines. I was still getting the “system error 6118 The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available”
also server was the only machine showing up under network shares. 99% of my files are stored on the server but I do share and view my “encodes” folder on my main pc so I can view them on the tv before moving the files over to the server.
so I tried a few more things. looking in my event log of my home server I see tons (every ten mins for a few days) of NetBT event id 4321 errors
“The name “WORKGROUP :1d” could not be registered on the interface with IP address 192.168.1.102. The computer with the IP address 192.168.1.128 did not allow the name to be claimed by this computer.errors”
also a number of Browser event id 8020 errors
“The browser was unable to promote itself to master browser. The computer that currently believes it is the master browser is unknown.”
I went into my router settings and discovered that 192.168.1.128 is my canon network printer. I deleted the lease and then turned the printer off. now net view works as does nbtstat -a which list my server as the master browser! I just went and checked the wdtv and both my server and main pc show in network shares!
so it was the darn printer! now the question is how to stop this from ever happening again? the printer is not installed or used on the server. it is connected via usb to my main pc. the laptops use it wirelessly. it generally is always on. maybe that needs to change but that’s half the point of having a wireless printer is so I don’t have to get up and walk across the house to print from the laptop/couch.
