Tech Newsgroups: Windows Server Networking

Briefcase Problem

Tom - 19 Aug 2006 10:47 PM - 4 messages

AM running Win2K SP4 on one machine and Win XP SP2 on another. I use Briefcase to synch files between four different directories on the two machines. When I try to get 2K to make Synch copies, it copies the directory name but ...

Share Modem Connection

bruceMS - 19 Aug 2006 6:00 PM - 2 messages

I'm trying to setup a new WinXP without a modem by networking it to my Win2000 system (which has a modem) so that I can update the WinXP software. After I setup my Modem/ISP connection for sharing, with the ...

Problem With Two Connections. One cancels the other one out.

blanski - 18 Aug 2006 6:19 PM - 7 messages

Ok, big problem that comes out of no where. The server is an Windows Server 2003 IIS Web Server. It has two NICS. One is a connection for the Local Lan and the other one is the internet connection. This setup has been working fine for months, if not years. ...

win2003 bad ip

CAD - 18 Aug 2006 1:35 PM - 5 messages

Hi,We recently been trying to get win2003 DHCP running with reserved IP.I got all the IP,computer names and mac addresses from our current DHCP witch is running win2000 server.When i whent live with 2003 plenty uses could not connect and many where coming back with bad_ip ...

Master Browser Problems

chucky - 18 Aug 2006 7:16 AM - 2 messages

in a domain that is Windows 2000 native. We have most of our client machines running Windows XP with a few exceptions running Windows 2000. Everything is runnin well except there seems to be some issue with DHCP as in regards to what appears to be the Windows 2000 client machines ...

Internet sharing for 2 different LAN

GarryS - 18 Aug 2006 4:03 AM - 4 messages

Hi, We have 2 LAN that uses different subnets. We would like to be able to share 1 ADSL connection via SMC Router. LAN1 subnet is 10.0.0.xxx LAN2 subnet is 192.168.2.xxx How can I configure the router in such a way that the two subnets will be ...

ICMP & Network Browser failure

Andrew - 17 Aug 2006 10:57 PM - 5 messages

I have recently had 3 windows 2000 servers (sp4) have problems with ICMP and network browsing. Two servers went faulty after running a windows update. The third server went faulty in the middle of operation. The problem is that these servers are unable to ping or be pinged and they ...

Name resolution Issue after changing nic

not1035 - 17 Aug 2006 7:45 PM - 2 messages

I disabled the nic in my Win2K server and replaced it with a newer GigE network card. This server takes care of DNS, DHCP, AD. I assigned the same IP values from the old nic to the new nic once it was installed ...

Name Resolution Issue

beesnbuzz - 17 Aug 2006 7:30 PM - 2 messages

I disabled the nic in my Win2K server and replaced it with a newer GigE network card. This server takes care of DNS, DHCP, AD. I assigned the same IP values from the old nic to the new nic once it was installed ...

Boot in w2k

cbrman - 17 Aug 2006 11:53 AM - 3 messages

i'm running w2k pro with sp4 and after an update the sytem doesn't boot anymore not even in safe mode i'm getting only in ms dos how to log on?? the message i'm getting is this: ...

Basics on sharing an HP printer across a network between XP and w2k

Dale - 17 Aug 2006 1:25 AM - 2 messages

I have an HP Deskjet 960c connected via USB to desktop running XP Home edition. I want to print to it from another desktop on my network running windows 2000 professional. 1) On the XP machine I go to the Printers and faxes page and ...

Internet access control queston?

Bob - 16 Aug 2006 2:36 PM - 10 messages

We got a small network (w2k, sp4, a domain and about 40 workstations). We have a problem with employees using up a limited amount of bandwidth (we can only get Cable connections) downloading non work related files like music and videos and generally slowing down our legitimate other network traffic. ...

Print Server Certification

Paul Bergson - 16 Aug 2006 1:51 PM - 12 messages

I have a print driver that is digitally signed and certified by Microsoft for Windows 2000 and Windows XP. We have multiple print servers that are providing print services from the 2003 platform. Because there is no certfication for this print driver on 2003, I am ...

no logon server available

joe schmo - 15 Aug 2006 8:39 PM - 5 messages

I have a work laptop logging on to a domain at work. when I take the laptop off the network, and I try to log on (not to 'this computer') I get the error 'no logon servers available' How can I fix this? I have a roaming profile, ...

connect 2 lan to access internet through dlink g604t modem router

Gerard - 15 Aug 2006 12:14 PM - 9 messages

I have one w2k pc (#1) connecting to an ADSL connection (Dlink G604T) using a wireless adpator. I have another w2k pc (#2) connecting to the first pc (w2k #1) through crossover cable. Currently I have no ...

VPN Windows 2000

cptkirkh - 15 Aug 2006 2:14 AM - 4 messages

I inherited a network that uses 2000 server for the VPN. The server has two nics one for the external and the other for the internal. Did this device really need to have two nics? Isn't that a little ...

tcp/ip failure

dogorman - 14 Aug 2006 12:50 PM - 2 messages

I have been experiencing a strange problem for the last few weeks on a clients site that is trying my brain. One of our servers is dropping off the network for no apparent reason. The server is used particularily to run an application that sits on an ...

IRC-Mocbot!MS06-040 removes C$ ???

John Smith - 14 Aug 2006 12:31 AM - 2 messages

I'm recovering a Win2k box from IRC-Mocbot!MS06-040. Mcafee removed the executable file (wgareg.exe), but apparently this worm makes some registry changes affecting network access. In particular, after the infection, the administrative share C$ appears to ...

Very slow file transfers

Andrew Chalk - 13 Aug 2006 9:53 PM - 4 messages

One of the machines on my LAN is running W2K server and serves as a multi-homed host connecting to the Internet. File transfers to and from this server are very slow, about 1% of the speed of transfers between other ...