Windows Share Not Visible in Explorer But Can Still Ping The Server

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We have a network share on a server, call it foo. When trying to enter \\foo\C$ in Windows explorer address bar, I get an error that the resource cannot be found. However, when I append the domain name, e.g., \\foo.ene.com\C$ the right thing occurs.

The domain name searches are properly set in the network connection settings and pinging the server resolves correctly. I'm friggin baffled.

Any ideas?

Best Answer

So here's what I did that ended up fixing the problem, although I don't know why.

ipconfig /flushdns --no joy
give up the DHCP lease and get a new one --nada
reboot --zip
resetting the tcp/ip stack --FIXED

Any theories as to what happened here?