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Q108427: WFWG Err Msg: Selected Server Cannot Be Found on the Network

Article: Q108427
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 3.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 19-SEP-1999

3.11

WINDOWS

kbnetwork kb3rdparty kbenv kberrmsg kbsetup kbtool

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.11 
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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

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWFWSearch kbWFW311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.11

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