Lost shared network visibility but not internet connection

4 days ago I brought my i-mac osx 10.6.8 to the office, plugged in the network cable and was immediately connected to the shared network. This morning the network showed up but was not accessible. It showed an error when I tried to access a network folder. I restarted the computer and the shared network disappeared but I am still connected to the internet. Noone else is having problems. Any ideas?

If it's not you, have you checked with the folks that are maintaining the local network?
What was the error that was reported when trying to access a network folder?
If you're connecting to a server of some sort, your client may have to be added and reconfigured to allow access to the server(s) and the local security, or potentially to the network itself. (If this is a moderate- or larger-sized office, virtual LANs and the managed switches are fairly common, and can cause your system to be treated as a guest system, for instance.)

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