Network shares are offline

Something strange just happened with a server 2008 R2
I am able to ping other devices on the network either by ip addres or by dns name.  works fine.
But, when I use windows explorer or try to reach shares using \\servername or \\ip address I get name not found on network.
Also, when I try browsing the network nothing shows up.

hi Chris,
Please check the below links which may help you fixing the issue.
http://weblog.west-wind.com/posts/2013/Apr/04/UNC-Drive-Mapping-Failures-Network-name-cannot-be-found
http://blogs.technet.com/b/networking/archive/2010/09/24/are-your-client-machines-getting-errors-such-as-network-path-not-found-or-the-specified-network-name-is-no-longer-available-when-connecting-to-a-windows-2008-server-share.aspx
Thanks,
Umesh.S.K

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