Can't connect to server

From: Marlon D (dot_kom_at_hotmail.com.nospam)
Date: 01/20/05 

Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:17:20 -0000

Hi all

Config:
- 2x W2k3 STD servers running IIS6.0 in NLB.
- Using this I secured the two servers by means of a group policy:
    http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/all/deployguide/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/windowsserv/2003/all/deployguide/en-us/iisdg_mei_nsjz.asp
- The above disables the ability to connect to the servers via UNC.

Need:
- The need has now arisen to run a script on one of the servers that
connects to itself and the other server by means of UNC, so started enabling
the services again and it has all gone pear-shaped.

Problem:
- I CAN access both servers using UNC from my pc
- I CAN access OTHER servers using UNC from the webservers
- However, when I connect to each of the servers from the other using UNC it
doesn't connect - I can't even ping it - but it does resolve.
- I've set all the services back to original, and even removed the group
policy but no go.
- What is strange is that it actually works for about 10 minutes if I
restart both servers - and then just falls over .. nothing being reported in
event viewer, etc at the time.

Any light any1 could shed before I rebuild the servers?

Marlon

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