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After Reboot I can not connect to WHS

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Brand new install of WHS, the WHS is fully patched as of 2/15/10. I have a Windows 2008 R2 domain. My machine W7 ultimate x64 is on that domain and everything works fine.I installed the WHSConnector from WHS and connected without a problem, all shares are there, it can do a backup and I can RDP to the machine.When I reboot my laptop or power it up after shutting it down for the night, the client can not see WHS, I can ping it by name, ip but RDP And WHS Connector say it is not there. This happens everytime I reboot, as it is a laptop and goes with me. The only way I can get it to work is to uninstall/reinstall the connector.The WHS server is set to a Static IP, and has always been set this way. I have run out of ideas on how to get it to work. my Win2008R2 server hands out DHCP and is the DNS server for this network. I have a Raptor Firewall that has allowed my server to be reached from the outside.I cant think of any reason this happens... it is very strange. Any Ideas?Monday, February 15, 2010 9:41 PM
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Ok this is strange, I guess if I re-run the discovery tool it will set it back up for me, do I need to run the discovery tool every time?Running this tool makes it so I can RDP also???? that makes no sense to me... what does the discovery tool do to my system?Monday, February 15, 2010 9:43 PM
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Brand new install of WHS, the WHS is fully patched as of 2/15/10. I have a Windows 2008 R2 domain. My machine W7 ultimate x64 is on that domain and everything works fine.
Have you tried completely disabling the Raptor Firewall?I installed the WHSConnector from WHS and connected without a problem, all shares are there, it can do a backup and I can RDP to the machine.When I reboot my laptop or power it up after shutting it down for the night, the client can not see WHS, I can ping it by name, ip but RDP And WHS Connector say it is not there. This happens everytime I reboot, as it is a laptop and goes with me. The only way I can get it to work is to uninstall/reinstall the connector.The WHS server is set to a Static IP, and has always been set this way. I have run out of ideas on how to get it to work. my Win2008R2 server hands out DHCP and is the DNS server for this network. I have a Raptor Firewall that has allowed my server to be reached from the outside.I cant think of any reason this happens... it is very strange. Any Ideas?Tuesday, February 16, 2010 1:01 AMModerator -
Ok this is strange, I guess if I re-run the discovery tool it will set it back up for me, do I need to run the discovery tool every time?
No, you shouldn't have to.
Running this tool makes it so I can RDP also???? that makes no sense to me... what does the discovery tool do to my system?
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 1:02 AMModerator -
I cannot disable the Raptor Firewall as it is a physical device. I guess I should say Velociraptor Firewall instead.So here is an example of my network(Internet) --> (Firewall)Velociraptor --> Netgear Gigabit switch|----> Domain Controller (Windows 2008 R2 Server with Exchange) static IP 192.168.13.2, DNS server, DHCP Server (Range .100 - .150)|----> WHS not addons, static IP 192.168.13.3|----> Dlink DIR-655 Wireless Router, static IP 192.168.13.250|-----> Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (DHCP Client, Wireless) Mine|-----> Windows 7 Ultimate x86 (DHCP Client, Wireless)|-----> Windows 7 Professional x86 (DHCP Client, Wireless)|-----> Vista Home Premium (DHCP Client, Wireless)|-----> Vista Professional (DHCP Client, Wireless)|-----> Nintendo Wii (DHCP Client, Wireless)|-----> Dlink Bridge (Goes to my Entertainment Center) Bridges to my other Dlink Router|-----> MS Xbox360 (DHCP Client)|-----> Sony Blue Ray PlayerFirewall is set with a static IP block;.25 is the Firewall IP.26 is the Exchange Server (SMTP/Exchange).27 is the WHSRouting works both ways and I can ping from outside and inside.I hope this helps...Tuesday, February 16, 2010 6:32 AM
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I tried to setup the WHS server my other Windows 7 Ultimate and it failed when tyring to find the server.Annoying thing was, I could ping by netbios, dns and ip.I in fact installed the software from the server at \\hera\Software\Home Server Connector SoftwareSo the laptop has to be able to see it if I could get to it in the first place.....I cant believe this is so difficult... no firewall is on my system until I can get this established and yet it is like the server plays hide and go seek.I can just blow this machine and build it as another windows 2008 server, but I would like the ability to easily store and retrieve music, especially have it hook up with my Xbox 360 and my PS3 when I get it back from my Brother.Tuesday, February 16, 2010 6:39 AM
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Strange indeed. Have you tried installing the connector to any of your xp or Vista computers to see if that works?Tuesday, February 16, 2010 9:56 AM