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WFWG Err Msg: Selected Server Cannot Be Found on the Network

Article ID: 108427

Article Last Modified on 9/19/1999

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11

This article was previously published under Q108427

3.11
WINDOWS
kbnetwork kb3rdparty kbenv kberrmsg kbsetup kbtool

SYMPTOMS

In the Connect Network Drive dialog box of File Manager, if you manually enter the path for the computer you want to connect to, you may receive one of the following error messages:

The selected server cannot be found on the network.

-or-

You may not be routing through your Novell NetWare servers.

CAUSE

These errors occur when the following conditions exist:

You have installed Windows for Workgroups 3.11 over version 3.1 with MSIPX and have elected to keep MSIPX rather than use the ODI drivers.

-and-

You remove the NetBEUI protocol from the machine that you are either connecting to or from.

Example of protocols installed on machines:

   Computer 1               Computer 2
   ----------               ----------

   Novell IPX               NetBEUI
   IPX/SPX with NetBIOS     Novell IPX
                            IPX/SPX with NetBIOS

As long as NetBEUI is on one computer and not the other, the workstations cannot communicate.

These errors can also occur if don't have sharing enabled.

RESOLUTION

To correct this problem, do one of the following:

In Network Setup, restore NetBEUI to the computer it was removed from.

-or-

In Network Setup, remove NetBEUI from the computer(s) that must allow NWLink to communicate and route through a Novell server.

Additional query words: 3.11 net beui novell

Keywords: KB108427

Microsoft KB Archive/108427

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