Tech Newsgroups: Windows Server Networking

basic port forward in router question

BulletProof - 2 Sep 2006 6:12 PM - 7 messages

wants to forward a port to lan client Enable: I put yes here Application: custome Protocol: TCP, UDP, or UDP Source IP Address: Source Netmask: ...

I want to analyze my network traffic

Chris - 1 Sep 2006 9:24 PM - 8 messages

Our data centre claims me that our overseas traffic bandwidth exceeds our limit. I have logged all the traffic packet. Can you recommend me a best tool to analyze the traffic packet. I want to know: 1) which IP the traffic comes from ...

Workgroup networking frustrations between windows 2000 and XP computers.

TyphoonTycoon - 1 Sep 2006 8:31 PM - 4 messages

I have a home network (or I used too) between 3 computers set up to MSHOME as the workgroup name. 1. All 3 of them can ping between them Okay. 2. windows 2000 machine is able to see all computers under ...

Event ID 8021 & 8022

Marvin Miller - 1 Sep 2006 3:45 AM - 3 messages

Hi folks; I have a small network composed soley of Windows 2000 Advanced Server machines. One machine is a Domain Controller and for some reason all the other servers routinely have these entries in the Event Viewer; Event ID: 8021 ...

unable to FTP - win2k

R. Harris - 31 Aug 2006 7:29 PM - 2 messages

I have an end user who cannot FTP, whether it be through a GUI client or command line. I'm waiting to see if he is getting any return codes or other messages. He wasn't able to navigate to web pages with IE but he could get ...

Can I assign multiple gateways for client machines to setup a failover internet connection?

stuartmcneil - 31 Aug 2006 8:56 AM - 2 messages

OK, I have an existing internet connection which runs through the gateway 192.168.1.1, our backup solution is configured identically and upon our main connection failing we unplug the network cable connected to the LAN from the primary and plug it into the backup. This works fine, ...

group messaging useing Net Send command

Bipin - 31 Aug 2006 8:44 AM - 2 messages

Hai, As i a part off a domain "xyz" , in a remote site i am hadiling . my all computers connected to domain "xyz". My ip range is 172.168.10.1 to 172.168.10.254 . all ip are in use. I have allusers Lan ID too. Can ...

Two Nics one IP

Nelo - 30 Aug 2006 9:17 PM - 2 messages

How can I use two Broadcom Netxtreme cards with one IP address? ...

Backup Strategies

nick - 30 Aug 2006 5:06 PM - 5 messages

Could someone tell me of some backup strategies they use that are effective? It seems like there's so many options. Tape, external hard drive, SAN. What do you guys think is best? ...

Burning program won't recognise my DVDRW unless logged on as Administrator

Glenn Richardson - 30 Aug 2006 4:30 PM - 2 messages

I am on a network (Server 2003) with various client machines (some of Win2K, some on XP Pro). When I am on the client machines (either Win2K or XP) and I try and burn a CD and/or DVD the burner will only show if I am logged in as an ...

Auto disconnect clients after specific idle time?

Steffen Rieke - 30 Aug 2006 8:07 AM - 5 messages

Hello newsgroup, is there any way to disconnect clients from my Windows 2000 Professional server after a specific idle time? The problem is: the server is in use as a print server. If some other employees in our company printed their documents, the other one aren't ...

ICS service stops working

Don.Leri - 30 Aug 2006 5:59 AM - 2 messages

Hi, Pattern: Win2k server uses ADSL modem to connect to internet and provides internet connection to networked computers (WinXP) via ICS. Everything worked fine for a long time. Problem: Some days ago ICS started to go down. I restart ICS service - it works for 10-15 minutes - then service ...

Strange return value from GetIpForwardTable

Polaris - 29 Aug 2006 8:28 PM - 9 messages

Hi Experts: I have a question about GetIpForwardTable(): I use the call below to get the required table size first: ULONG dwSize = 0; DWORD ret = GetIpForwardTable (NULL, &dwSize, TRUE); The return value is ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER as expected, the dwSize looks ...

Not going out of local network

Mike Ryan - 29 Aug 2006 5:48 PM - 6 messages

I have a couple of computers that are suddenly having the same problem over the last few days. The computers are doing the following: they will ping a number inside the local network and outside. they will map to drives within the network ...

Internet connection sharing without dhcp

degnometro - 28 Aug 2006 10:03 PM - 2 messages

I have activated internet connection sharing in my win2000 professional, with a USR wireless card and a lan card. It works fine, unfortunately win2000 force me to use dhcp to assign ip numbers for clients. If I set a fixed ip address the internet sharing don't work. ...

Why can't I see the AD network?

Rod - 28 Aug 2006 9:19 PM - 4 messages

I have a new PC, which I installed Windows XP Professional on. I've made sure that I have all of the critical updates, patches and service packs; I am good to go. But one thing is very odd; I cannot search the network at all. I'm in an ...

Domains vs. Workgroups

nick - 28 Aug 2006 8:17 PM - 4 messages

WHy would an organization want a domain, and a workgroup? If separation for the sake of security is an issue isn't just better to subnet? ...

Can't find IPC$ using net share,A new virus?

public_sd - 28 Aug 2006 6:32 AM - 9 messages

HI, We have found this days that some servers runing windows 2000 server could not find IPC$ and C$,this can lead our app to error status. Even we user "net share IPC$" to recover it,the IPC$ will disappear ...

Can't uninstall Ethernet

Bob Berles - 27 Aug 2006 3:35 PM - 11 messages

Running Win2KPro SP4. I set up a network with my Win95 box about a year ago but it was more trouble than it was worth, so I uninstalled everything that I had installed. A while later I was in Device Manager for a different reason and discovered ...