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I need to run a test from one PC (A) where another PC (B) is unavailable (down, broken, hosed).
Specifically the shares on B.
However, B is a server that I cannot actually shut down because of the user impact.
Is there something I can do on PC A so that PC B "doesn't exist" or at least that B's shares are unreachable?
Again, I cannot change anything on B.
I tried adding an entryin into the hosts file, but that didn't work.
Windows knows to use the active directory, even when the entry in hosts is different.
And I cannot take A off the netwotk, because other PC's need to be accessable form A (during the test) while B is inaccessable.
Gerry
Thanks to all that replied.
This was the anwser that worked best for me.
http://www.serverintellect.com/support/windowsserversecurity/ipsec-blockip.aspx
Gerry
In Reply to Gerry Champoux:
I need to run a test from one PC (A) where another PC (B) is unavailable (down, broken, hosed).
Specifically the shares on B.However, B is a server that I cannot actually shut down because of the user impact.
Is there something I can do on PC A so that PC B "doesn't exist" or at least that B's shares are unreachable?
Again, I cannot change anything on B.I tried adding an entryin into the hosts file, but that didn't work.
Windows knows to use the active directory, even when the entry in hosts is different.
And I cannot take A off the netwotk, because other PC's need to be accessable form A (during the test) while B is inaccessable.