Network problem

[Luddite]

Hi all - I've got 2 pc's (one in a back office, one on the shop floor). Until Saturday they happily communicated with each other, but now it seems they have fallen out!

I did make some changes (added user accounts on both pc's) but that was at the end of last week, and they only stopped communicating on Saturday.

I've taken the user accounts off, removed the firewall from the office pc etc, but I can't get them to talk. The network wizard hasn't been helpful either.

Has anyone got any ideas where my troubles may lay?

Best wishes,

Nick

[buspassjohn]

Hi Nick,
if they are going thru a router, try restarting the router, it may be retaining some dns settings. Might be wrong but only thing I can think of.

[Coggy]

As well as the router, a general reboot and cable connection check of all nodes is always a good place to start.

Chris

[Luddite]

Thanks for your help - turns out there was a physical problem in that one of my my cat5 cables had developed a fault - funny how things are ok one day and broken the next!

Nick