Connection failed - The server "name" mayt not exist or it is unavailable..

I've been connecting my 24" iMac with my 15" MacBookPro either over the WiFi or via Ethernet for months to share hard drive space & to save time transfering files constantly.
But now, all of a sudden, I'm getting the following error message:
+*Connection Failed*+
+The Server "MacBookProName" may not exist or it is unavailable at this time. Check the server name or IP address, check your network connection, and then try again.+
After this, I succeded in being able to connect via Share Screen and via Web Sharing. It is only not working when I access through finder. Also, it's not letting me click on "Connect As..." so I can't check if it's entering the correct info too.
Both Macs are 10.6.6 and both have software fully updated.
Help!?

Fixed.. Was firewall settings on the MacBookPro

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Connection Failed: The server "name" may not exist or it is unavailable...

So I think I know what caused this problem, but I can't figure out how to make it stop...
When I go to print, if I try to click on the pop-up to change the default printer setting, there's a LONG delay, then I get a dialog that says:
Connection Failed
The server "name" may not exist or it is unavailable at this time. Check the server name or IP address, check your network connection, then try again.
Then there's another delay and I get the message a second time. I can then select any of my printer settings and print fine, it's just an annoying delay if I click on that pop-up accidentally or need to change it.
I have a new iMac and I migrated from my old G5. The "name" of the server it is seeking is my old G5, so that must be in the settings somewhere, but I can't find it. I tried going into the Print & Fax settings in System Preferences, deleting the printer there, and then re-adding, but that didn't clear it up.
Thanks for any insight you can provide!
--John

Hmm, well, this stopped working again for me. I tried swapping ethernet and re-installing the Airport client update - to no avail. I could always see my Mac shares from PCs though. However, I have (for now) managed to connect to the PC using ip address rather than name even though finder quite clearly sees the name. Does your printer connection work by ip rather than name ? I'm going to play name lookup detective for a bit now - it's some kind of Netbios name lookup issue I guess as I've no local DNS service. resolv.conf is apparently not used so a bit of learning to do! ...
... nmblookup seems to work but nslookup doesn't. Looks like SL connect via Finder isn't using nmblookup properly and I can't see how to make that work. When this gets reported enough it should get a publicised work-round or a fix. If only I can get dig/nslookup to slave out to nmblookup ...must be something I can configure for that ??

'"Connection Failed" : The server "rrnas01" may not exist or it is unavailable at this time. Check the server name or IP address, check your network connection, and then try again' message

'"Connection Failed" : The server "rrnas01" may not exist or it is unavailable at this time. Check the server name or IP address, check your network connection, and then try again' message keeps displaying whenever I try to open any Adobe CS5 applications (except for Adobe Acrobat Pro). It displays until I click "OK" about 15-20 times or so and then will finally let my program open.
I have tried deleting files within my Library/Preferences folder and turning off/deleting login items within my system preferences as other forums suggested but nothing happened. Spending 3.5 hours on the phone with Adobe and completely uninstalling and then reinstalling the entire CS5 Master Collection didn't work either.
Also, it may be helpful to know that my programs worked fine for about three weeks then when we got internet and changed the password (the join, not the adminstrative password) with the wireless network "ScubaSteve" (which I've used with no problems at my old apartment) it started acting up. I have never seen "rrnas01" before so I don't know at all where it came from. I also installed the free 30 day trial of Suitcase Fusion 3 recently, but thinking that could also be the cause I have uninstalled it, and still no help.
Please help me! And please keep in mind I don't know all the computer lingo that a lot of the people in these forums seem to know. Thanks in advance for ny help you can give me.

It may not be possible .. there is a major bug between Mountain Lion and the TC where the TC disk goes off the radar of the computer.
Lion is also affected but not as badly.
7.6.4 seems worse than earlier firmware.. so back to 7.6.1 or 7.5.2 if that is possible.
Obviously that is not a solution for a later Gen5 TC.
Reset to factory after the firmware downgrade. .use all network names that are short, no spaces and pure alphanumeric.
If the TC is the main router set the dhcp to a very short lease time.. eg 30min.. and see how it goes, or try a longer lease like 99days.
I prefer the very short lease but response has been mixed.
Use ethernet not wireless.. ethernet is always more reliable and stable than wireless.
And last .. a nightly electric timer that powers off every night at midnight for 1min.. would not be the first device we have suggested a fix that amounts to beat the unit to the punch by forcing it to reboot since it is unstable.

Error "Connection Failed The server may not exist or is not operational..."

This is just FYI in case somebody else runs across this. On one user account, an error window would pop up every so often that said:
Connection Failed
The server may not exist or it is not operational at this time. Check the server name or IP address and try again.
It turns out that the problem was caused by Screen Saver. The error popped up whenever screen saver tried to launch. On the problem account I had the "Pictures" folder selected for the screen saver, and apparently there must be an alias in that folder pointing to something on a remote server, because as soon as I go to System Preferences and open the Screen Saver panel, I get the error.
It has been driving me crazy for months but finally I thought to look in Console, where I saw the error "afp_mount[5045] CFLog (0): CFMessagePort: bootstrap_register(): failed 1103 (0x44f), port = 0x2d03, name = 'com.apple.afp_mount.ServiceProvider'"
Searching for that error led me to the Macosxhints forum at http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-53209.html where a user had posted the same problem. Changing to a different screen saver or a different folder for pictures resolved the issue.
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Welcome to discussions leffjay. Good one. Cheers.

Unable to connect to the analysis server the server name was not found

Hi,
One of the user is trying to run reports from PWA 2010 and gets the below error.
Unable to connect to the analysis server the server name was not found.Please verify the name you entered is correct and then try again.
Errors in the ole db provider.An error occurred while loading the connection dialog boxcomponent for prompting.
Please advice why?

Dear Project Help,
Please help the community with more information.
Which kind of reports are you running? Excel using OLAP?
If so, check out on your Excel sheet connection information to see if it's using the SSS Authentication mode:
I'm asking this because if the failure happens with a single user, the authentication method is wrong and you should set up Secure Store Service properly.
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Ora-12545 connect failed because target host does not exist(plsql develper)

Hi,
I am using Oracle 10g version, and i am using plsql developer.
I am able to connect Oracle through sql*plus, But i am not able to connect Oracle through plsql developer from past few days, it is giving me error like:
ora-12545 connect failed because target host does not exist
I have not done any changes in setting though i am getting this problem, earlier i was able to work with plsql developer very good.
I am sending the TNS file for your reference.
XE =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = vnod-PC)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = DEDICATED)
(SERVICE_NAME = XE)
EXTPROC_CONNECTION_DATA =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC_FOR_XE))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SID = PLSExtProc)
(PRESENTATION = RO)
ORACLR_CONNECTION_DATA =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC_FOR_XE))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SID = CLRExtProc)
(PRESENTATION = RO)
Please help me in this.
Thanks,
Vinod

910575 wrote:
Hi,
I am using Oracle 10g version, and i am using plsql developer.There are numerous products with similar names.
Which vendor provides your software & which version of the software do you have?
Is the Oracle database server system installed on the same system as your client software?
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Bursting Problem - A file or directory in the path name does not exist

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at oracle.apps.xdo.batch.BurstingProcessorEngine.endElement(Unknown Source)
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at oracle.apps.xdo.batch.BurstingProcessorEngine.endElement(Unknown Source)
at oracle.xml.parser.v2.XMLContentHandler.endElement(XMLContentHandler.java:196)
at oracle.xml.parser.v2.NonValidatingParser.parseElement(NonValidatingParser.java:1212)
at oracle.xml.parser.v2.NonValidatingParser.parseRootElement(NonValidatingParser.java:301)
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at oracle.xml.parser.v2.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:201)
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at oracle.apps.xdo.batch.BurstingProcessorEngine.process(Unknown Source)
at oracle.apps.xdo.batch.DocumentProcessor.process(Unknown Source)
at PIreportburst.bEngine(PIreportburst.java:24)
at PIreportburst.main(PIreportburst.java:51)
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Thanks Ike
Where do you suggest setting the temp directory:
DocumentProcessor("control.xml","data.xml","/u02/DIAS/bursting/BIPublisher/tmp/042308_104249338/xdo2.tmp")
or in the xdo.cfg:
<property name="system-temp-dir">/u02/DIAS/bursting/BIPublisher/tmp/042308_104249338/xdo2.tmp</property>
..and thanks for the link to the BIPublisherIDE
Cheers, Mike

/etc/oratab (a file or directory in the path name does not exists)

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Copying dbhome to /usr/local/bin ...
Copying oraenv to /usr/local/bin ...
Copying coraenv to /usr/local/bin ...
Entries will be added to the /etc/oratab file as needed by
Database Configuration Assistant when a database is created
Finished running generic part of root.sh script.
Now product-specific root actions will be performed.
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Name Error: The domain name does not exist

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Hi. I'm using version 2.1.11 of the NDK for CSharp. I'm getting this
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at TestLDAP.Program.Main(String[] args) in D:\Documents and Settings\tjbuege\my documents\visual studio 2010\Projects\TestLDAP\TestLDAP\Program.cs:line 20
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Code:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Novell.Directory.Ldap;
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Connection Failed - The Server May Not Exist

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The remote name could not be resolved

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I added this line:
192.168.0.4 mycomputer.ad.mydomain.com
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ad.mydomain.com is the name of the domain.
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<textarea class="role-selectableText" cols="1" readonly="readonly" rows="1" style="width:659px;height:87px;" tabindex="-1">DataSource.Error: OData: Request failed: The underlying connection was closed: Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS
secure channel. Details: https://mydomain.hybridproxy.powerbi.com/ODataService/v1.0/mydatasource</textarea>
Which tells me that hosts on the client is indeed now resolving the name/IP correctly, and Power Query is finding the DMG directly (rather than via the
hybridproxy.powerbi.com cloud service).
But that's terrible!
A) I shouldn't need to use hosts since
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C) but without hosts the client Power Query says that "The remote name could not be resolved"
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https://mydomain.hybridproxy.powerbi.com/ODataService/v1.0/mydatasource
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How do I get Power Query to resolve the remote name?
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Dear All
There have been many posts with "problem connecting to the server" errors, but they all one way or another get corrupted with Time Machine responses. I have seen threads with a similar problem to mine, but there is no clear answer. So, for this thread please do not make reference to Time Machine. I have never used it.
I get an error "There was a problem connecting to the server "NAME""
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The server is my old laptop running Snow Leopard. I don't use this computer anymore because I have bought a MacBook Pro riunning LIon.
The error is on my iMac, which I have recently upgraded to Lion. Now that I am not using my Snow Leopard laptop this error is impossible; my iMac is becoming unusable because I cannot type more than 10 words without this error warning.
As I said, I do not use Time Machine, so that cannot be the problem. It is off. I simply need my iMac to completely forget about my old laptop.
Any help appreciated.
M.

Hope you are doing well TFam5;
Are you having this problem constantly?
I want to help but in order to do so I will need more information in regards your devices and configuration, please include all this,.
What is the operating system that your system utilizes?
Use this example as a guide Windows 7 home premium 64 bits. The reason we ask your Operating system in all post in due to the fact that I want provide you with detailed suggestion and in other to accomplish some of the instructions that we will provide are operating system dependent or different in different versions of the OS, in short words if you want me to guide thru the process I will need the operating system, the version and the intructiosn width (32 or 64 bits)
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HP Photosmart Plus All-in-One Printer - B209a ›
HP Photosmart Plus e-All-in-One Printer - B210a ›
HP Photosmart Plus e-All-in-One Printer - B210b ›
HP Photosmart Plus e-All-in-One Printer - B210c ›
HP Photosmart Plus e-All-in-One Printer - B210e ›
Some printer models have as much as 6 different versions is important to know which version exactly do you own in order for me to provide accurate links for your product If you are having issues with your finding the complete version of your product please visit this site. http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?tmp_renderType=findModel&cc=us&dlc=en&docname=bpy21016&l...
Provide this info and I will do my best to help you.
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There was a problem connecting to the server message

I have started to get the following message when I run Final Cut Pro X There was a problem connecting to the server “soundmedia”
The “sound media” server is a PC running windows XP and is switched off.
I closed all libraries & set up a new library - with nothing in it. There was a problem connecting to the server “soundmedia” still appears. when "ok" is clicked the message clears then reappears 10-15 sec later.
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Cleared recent servers in Finder ie
Finder, Go, Connect to Server, then Click on the little clock in “connect to server window” then click clear recent servers.
Deleted FCPX preferences by:
press and hold Option + Cmd while launching FCP X from the Dock. A dialog appears asking if you want to trash Final Cut’s preference files. Clicked Delete
Deleted all FCPX entries in OS X/ Library/Preferences & deleted all entries in Trash before reloading FCPX
Repaired permissions on system disc
Created a new user. “There was a problem connecting to the server “soundmedia” has not reappear on the new user.
If I switch on the soundmedia server & click “ok” the message disappears (when I am logged in
to my original account.)
I am the only user on this iMac, something must be wrong with my user account. Any ideas
what it might be? Has anyone got a software patch that can be loaded to prevent the message
from constantly reappearing? Once acknowledged it surely shouldn’t keep reappearing.
It is a nuisance and a waste of energy having to have a server which is not required powered
up just so the message does not reappear.

I understand you are getting unable to connect to server error message on your printer. I would first unplug router and printer for about 1 minute. I would plug router up first then printer. I would then try to enable web services. If not successful and you get same error message. I would follow these steps.
1. Obtain your printer's IP address
a. This can be done by pressing the wireless icon on printer.
2. Enter the printer's IP address in a browser.
3. Select the network tab at the top of the page.
4. On the left select networking.
5. Select Network Address (IP)
6. Select Manual DNS Server
a. Manual Preferred DNS should read 8.8.8.8
b. Alternate DNS Server should read. 8.8.4.4
7. Select apply you might get a warning just select okay.

Popoup message "there was a problem connecting to the server"

i have also upgraded to Lion and keep getting the popoup message "there was a problem connecting to the server" i do not use time machine and that is off i have a macbook pro and an iMac the error is on both, i have also removed the shares from Go in finder. HELP Please or do i return to the dark side "windows 7"

Hi sorry for the delay in this reply but have been working away, this pop up message happens only when both the imac and macbook pro is on, and if you try to connect using the correct user details it just keeps popping up, it does the same when you cancel / ignore it also.
We have reverted to only using one mac at a time and this is to say the least very annoying, our iphones and ipad do not have the same issues. There are plenty of posts suggesting that the same thing happened with time Machine but we do not use this so the fixs do not work. If i knew how i would revert back to snow lepard .

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