Tech Newsgroups: Windows Server Networking

Network passwords

owkmann - 19 Nov 2005 6:22 PM - 2 messages

Hey, I just got a laptop with Win2000 on it, for use at home. My home network has several WinXP machines, a Win98SE machine and a Linux box. When trying to access a shared folder on the laptop via a different machine on the network, ...

Migrate part of DHCP scopes in Windows 2003 to Windows 2000

CTY - 19 Nov 2005 3:16 PM - 2 messages

I need to migrate part of DHCP scopes in Windows 2003 to Windows 2000 due to there are too many scopes in current Windows 2003 servers. By sharing the load then I planned to move part of the scopes to current Windows 2000. DHCP ...

accessing work's vpn and browse internet at same time, how ?

john r - 19 Nov 2005 12:12 PM - 4 messages

Hi I have broadband access to the internet via my isp. I also have a vpn connection into work. If i fire up the vpn connection, i cannot browse the internet locally. i have to diconnect the vpn connection to browse the ...

Cannot make a new VPN connection the options is not available (greyed out)

msimkin - 18 Nov 2005 11:45 PM - 3 messages

Hi, I've been looking all over the internet for a solution but I can't find anything! The option of creating a new VPN connection is greyed out when I click on the "Make New Connection" icon in "Network and ...

IP spoof messages in firewall logs

Mike C - 18 Nov 2005 8:49 PM - 4 messages

Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone can help me with this. I'm seeing the following message in our SonicWALL logs: ------------------------- Alert - Intrusion Prevention - IP spoof dropped - 10.0.0.1, 137, X0 - <IP address of WINS server>, 137, X1 - MAC address: <MAC address of primary NIC> ...

adding a workstation thru vpn

dtremain - 18 Nov 2005 5:50 PM - 3 messages

I need to add a workstation at a remote site to a domain thru a vpn. The remote site, 192.168.2.x, can see the main office, 192.168.1.x, but when trying to add the worstation I keep coming up with an error that the domain ...

Win2k Remote Desktop Question

Darren - 18 Nov 2005 5:26 PM - 3 messages

I am trying to configure my router to allow only RD connections. Both incoming and outgoing. I open up port 3389 and outgoing RD connections work fine, but not incoming on my Win2k Server. After some playing I found that opening up ports 1590 - 1600 solved this. I ...

RAS leases in DHCP

Rob K - 18 Nov 2005 4:17 PM - 3 messages

I have a situation where my local lan clients are recieving a DHCP lease as well as 1-3 RAS leases. I have RAS running without a configuration and my clients that do dial in get in. My problem is that the DHCP pool keeps ...

replication failing, dns lookup failure

Brandon Baker - 18 Nov 2005 4:13 PM - 4 messages

I ran repadmin agains one of my domain controllers and all of the replications with partners a completing except one. It is failing with "the dsa operation is unable to proceed because of a dns lookup failure". I went ...

Win 2000 Server and Windows XP SP2 Clients and Slow to open a File

Need2know - 18 Nov 2005 1:16 PM - 2 messages

Hi, I inherited a Windows 2000 Server with Windows XP Clients. THis is only a 10 workstation network. Also, they activated Win 2000 Active Directory. The problem is the browsing of the network shares are somewhat slow. When you click on a document, word, excel.. it takes ...

slowness in getting DHCP IP address

c.s - 18 Nov 2005 7:05 AM - 4 messages

Hi all, I need advice and guide to troubleshoot the problem in slowness in getting DHCP IP address. Sometime it can take more then 10 minutes for the system to be able to renew the IP address. Any advice on how to start the troubleshooting? ...

How to prevent a need of ipconfig /release for access to internet?

Dmitry Kopnichev - 18 Nov 2005 6:57 AM - 3 messages

Hello I have two NICs: one installed in computer used for internal LAN and another USB NIC which I connect during a day to connect to internet. After connecting the USB NIC I do not have internet access at first. I have to run ...

Need co-location advice. Verio sucks.

Jules Winfield - 17 Nov 2005 7:02 PM - 3 messages

[repost: If you can think of a more appropriate newsgroup, please let me know] Hi there, I'm looking for advice on a good co-location provider in the San Diego area. I've been using Verio for years. Some time ago, Verio was purchased by ...

The network request is not supported

ravenshroud - 17 Nov 2005 6:49 PM - 2 messages

Windows 2000 SP 4 Citrix Presentation server 4.0 Just updated windows and now I cannot log in at all. I get "The network request is not supported" logging in as any user even the administrator. I rebooted to last know good config and get same issue though I never ...

Can not browse network

yeowzer - 17 Nov 2005 5:12 PM - 2 messages

I have 3 DCs. 1 primary and 2 child DCs. Everything is set up the same for both of the child DCs. All of a sudden I am unable to browse the nework on my PDC. I can see the machines but I can not access any folders to map them. I ...

Unknown computer on my home network

Dan - 17 Nov 2005 3:06 PM - 9 messages

I have two home PCs wire-networked by a router. Yesterday I noticed a third one named "Nimish" in my network neighborhood, but I couldn't open or see its properties. What a strange name and there's no way for me to come up ...

Monitoring a TCP connection between two servers?

halloween.habgood - 17 Nov 2005 11:09 AM - 2 messages

Hi I have a situation where I need to monitor a VPN connection overnight to make sure it is staying up (we suspect not), and the only way I can think of doing this is to set a ping going between 2 servers (one on ...

VPN and hardware firewall

Simon Hart - 17 Nov 2005 7:01 AM - 3 messages

Hi folks. I need to allow remote connections to my machine (XP SP2) it is not running Windows firewall, 'cos my router has a firewall builtin. What I need to know is which ports I should open on the router so that I can ...

VPN and Logon Scripts

CQ - 16 Nov 2005 10:00 PM - 2 messages

Is there a way to process a logon script (automatically) for any VPN clients. I have about 30 VPN clients and not all are accessing on computers that are part of our domain. I need to be able to map network shares and network ...

Domain Controller hang-up.

abcbalan - 16 Nov 2005 2:38 AM - 3 messages

Our first domain Controller having problem and hang-up every week to cause our sub-domain controller hang-up. Does any way to prevent our sub-domain controller hang-up ? The sub-domain controller event log does not show ...

Can ping can browse to but cannot access

Jonn M - 16 Nov 2005 2:19 AM - 5 messages

I work on a WAN with 16 sites. 2 of the sites cannot access each other, but they can access all other sites. From site 1 2003 Server DC I can ping Site 2 2003 Server DC by name, I can ...

Preferred Backup Method for <2G Data Daily

Mike - 16 Nov 2005 1:53 AM - 18 messages

We have a Dell PowerEdge 1300 server (NT 4.0 MS Access application), Colorado 4G tape back up, and five workstations (NT & W2K Pro) on a closed network. This is a low stress network that runs a medication dispensing ...

L2 and L3 Bridging

Alan - 16 Nov 2005 1:42 AM - 2 messages

Hi, I have read about how XP provides L2 and L3 bridging solution at [link] My question is: can I use the L2 and L3 bridging capabilities at the same ...

Have to reset the passwords every day!!!

marsha - 15 Nov 2005 11:43 PM - 18 messages

I have a network of 6 computers. There is one that is a has a folder that is mapped as a drive and that all the other computers use. For some strange reason, it seems to lose the passwords for the various other computers (not all of them) so ...

MMC: RPC Server Unavailable

Jody White - 15 Nov 2005 9:19 PM - 5 messages

On ALL of our computers that I try and connect to via MMC I always get the error: rpc server is unavailable. Do I have to turn this on for each of my computers? Why can't I connect ...

does the windows file handle change?

Daniel - 15 Nov 2005 8:04 PM - 2 messages

does the windows file handle change? are file handles unique to the whole operating system or just the current directoy? if a file is opened then closed then opened again, does the file handle remain the same? ...

file id on windows 2000

Daniel - 15 Nov 2005 7:01 PM - 2 messages

file id on windows 2000 is there any way to get a numeric file id for a file which identifies its full path? ...

Different subnet questions

Steven Platt - 15 Nov 2005 2:54 PM - 6 messages

I have recently setup a VPN and I would like to section these users off on their own subnet. I am going to do this at my router. I was wondering if the VPN needs to be in my domain in order to function correctly. I know ...

Windows 2000 Trust Windows 2003

111 - 15 Nov 2005 11:39 AM - 4 messages

Dear We have two PDC, Server 1 PDC Windows 2003, Server 2 PDC Wndows 2000 with locate in same switch same network, the subnet is different. I want to make a trust link between two PDC server, that mean the serv1 with access serv 2 ...

Win 2000 internet connection

summitlt - 15 Nov 2005 1:00 AM - 5 messages

Im trying to get internet to my Win2K laptop. I also have a WINXp machine in the house. Here is my setup. -Modem (broadband) goes to port 1 on the hub. -One cable goes from hub to Desktop (WinXP) -One cable goes from hub to Laptop (Win2K) ...

\\computer is not accessible - intermittent problem

dbraller - 14 Nov 2005 11:23 PM - 9 messages

I have two computers networked, one running Windows 2000, the other Windows XP. Connected through a Netgear wireless router. The Win2K machine is hardwired into the router, the XP through the wireless card. My network has been working fine, been able to share files between the two ...

Troubleshooting the Microsoft Computer Browser Service (Windows 20

Mrain1 - 14 Nov 2005 5:44 PM - 3 messages

I have a server with 2 NIC cards (Multihomed). 1 NIC is on the LAN side and 1 NIC is used to backup the rest of the servers on a separate subnet and separate switch. Sometimes when both cards are enabled, when trying to browse ...

limit log onto domain just once

Ed - 14 Nov 2005 2:56 PM - 3 messages

Hi, Is it possible to limit a user to log on to the domain just once, so that no user can log onto 2 machines at any one time? THanks ...

Technically, how does a workstation communicate with a server?

Fernando - 14 Nov 2005 6:23 AM - 2 messages

Hi all, Just wondering if anyone know what location services are used on a windows workstation and in what order, to map to a server share? Does the workstation first use netbios, then dns, then hosts, then a DS? That's what I'm referring to as I'd like to know why I can't map to my server ...

Viewing NIC properties Fails - Desktop dissappears completely...

Mike Stone - 13 Nov 2005 5:07 AM - 6 messages

When I try to view the properties for the NIC installed in a Win2K server, the properties box tries to open then stalls, then the entire screen goes blank, including the desktop, then the standard desktop re-appears after a ...

Resting over/via the network.

Kardon Coupé - 13 Nov 2005 1:45 AM - 2 messages

Anybody know of anyway of having a shortcut on the desktop, that when double clicked, runs a script to send a signal to another machine on the network to tell it to reset/shutdown itself? Or is there any 3rd party software that has this facility without have to ...