paquette
A couple of days ago I purchased a new D-Link DGE-530T PCI NIC (version D2) to replace the onboard NIC on my main work machine. The original NIC had stopped working. The new card works fine but I now have one perplexing and annoying glitch in mapping drives using OpenVPN set up in TAP mode (which I have used and updated from time to time for many years). I have no problem mapping by machine name either way between my main work machine and my laptop. I can map by machine name from our “media machine” to my main work machine but NOT the other way around (prior to the NIC change I had no problem doing this). I can map to the “media machine” from my work machine, however, using either the media machine’s static IP number or its OpenVPN-assigned IP number. I can also map smb2 from my android device to the “media machine” by its machine name (I use VPNClient on the device which is rooted).
So far, I cannot see anything else unusual in regard to networking after switching to the new NIC.
Here is what I have tried so far:
1. I’ve tried several different D-Link drivers for this model NIC. In the end, I am going to stick with the most recent which is approved for Windows 10.
2. I’ve tried pinging and mapping from my work machine to the “media” machine using both the IP number assigned as a static IP in the router and the VPN-server-assigned (server configured in router) IP number and I have no problem getting connections either way.
3. I’ve tried ipconfig /release and ipconfig /renew but nothing changes — all the other connections are fine both ways by machine name except the connection from my main work machine to the household media machine (both are Windows 10).
4. I have verified (twice) the NIC MAC number for the “media machine” that I have used in the router to assign that machine a static IP. It is correct.
I would be very grateful for any assistance in troubleshooting this problem.
Router: D-Link-DIR890L, Firmware: DD-WRT v3.0-r33010M (08/09/17) kongac
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz 24 GB RAM
64-bit Operating System, x64-based processor
running Windows 10, 64 bit
OpenVPN Client on all Windows 10 machines: v. 2.4.2-1601
