Tech Newsgroups: Windows Server Networking

DHCP for Multiple Subnets using 1 NIC?

Bob Simon - 9 Sep 2006 8:55 PM - 10 messages

I want to segment a flat network covering three floors into three subnets (using VLANs and a L3 switch) but keep using a single DHCP server running on Windows Server 2000. Can this be done with a single NIC in the server? ...

Bandwidth limiter to simulate T-1

Jordan - 8 Sep 2006 11:45 PM - 2 messages

I need to simulate remote connections. Some T-1, some DSL, and some modems. Is there a device that will allow me to limit the bandwidth of my network connection? ...

Confused

nick - 8 Sep 2006 4:44 PM - 4 messages

I've been reading some posts, and am fairly confused. We have one Windows 2000 SBS serving as the DNS server, Exchange server, and running DHCP. (It was setup that way before I got here). We have another Windows 2000 server running as a secondary domain ...

Maintenance Tasks

nick - 8 Sep 2006 4:32 PM - 8 messages

What are some good automated maintenance tasks that should e performed on servers? ...

load balanced server to database server

w2jin - 7 Sep 2006 6:12 PM - 2 messages

Hi all, I have two web servers - load balanced servers, and one SQL server behind forewall. The web application on web servers needs to go through the firewall that port 1433 is opened to these two web servers to query SQL Server. ...

Browsing problem with error 1000-Please help

Rob - 7 Sep 2006 4:16 PM - 2 messages

I am having problem with one of the NON-DC 2000 servers in my LAN. When ever I try to logon to this server, I will get 2 errors both ID 1000. One is: Windows cannot query for the list of Group Policy objects . A message that ...

Where do I open ports in a Win2k Pro client?

Tom Walker - 7 Sep 2006 3:50 PM - 3 messages

I need to open a couple of ports on a Win2k Pro client to enable automatic updates of a virus checker from my server on the internal LAN. I do this on Win XP machines via the exceptions tab in Windows Firewall. ...

Domain Controller Question

nick - 7 Sep 2006 2:14 PM - 5 messages

I run a Windows 2000 Domain Controller. I wanted to use a Windows 2003 Server system as a backup domian controller. Would it be better to switch roles, that is, use the 2003 as a primary and the 2000 as a ...

access a ftp server via proxy?

nittanymount - 7 Sep 2006 1:27 PM - 3 messages

Hi, good morning, in office, I have two computers (OPC1, OPC2) with ftp servers installed . different domain, OPC1's ftp port is open to outside, and I can access it from home, OPC2's ftp port is not open to outside, but open to OPC1. I cannot ...

rearranging printer order

nick - 7 Sep 2006 1:22 PM - 5 messages

I have a user that wants to arrange printers in the drop down list of the dialog box. Is this possible? ...

VPN Setup

Simon Young - 7 Sep 2006 7:46 AM - 3 messages

Hi, I was hoping someone could help me... Im looking to set up a VPN connection between our offices and a remote server on a server farm. This was due to a failed exchange server, we need to implement a redundant server but exchange requires windows clustering to ...

gate way collision

ani - 7 Sep 2006 4:59 AM - 8 messages

we have windows 2000 server we have two seperate gateway also have seperate lan card we want to run both gate way at same time how can it done ...

Periodic programmatic dialout

Andrew John - 7 Sep 2006 4:04 AM - 2 messages

It seems so obvious, that I'm probably overlooking some simple configuration: I have a need to periodically dial out from a Windows 2000 server to another network via modem, retrieve a file (ftp), and hang up. Copying files, ftp, parsing files ... no problem. Trivial for a C++ ...

mystery rogue browser master on subnet

The AceyMan - 5 Sep 2006 9:44 PM - 3 messages

Our network is: Windows Server 2003 functional level, using 3 DC's, two are running DNS. No local WINS installed, but WINS is available as a network service from an upstream server. While trouble shooting some DNS issues, I found that the 'PDC' ...

Command line to get to Network and Dial-up Connections screen?

GoBruins - 5 Sep 2006 8:45 PM - 5 messages

does such a command exist? for example, clicking Start - Run - "notepad" opens up the notepad program. ...

trusting problems

bk - 5 Sep 2006 3:45 PM - 4 messages

i've got two domains dc1 and dc2; dc1 ip series is 192.168.56.0 and dc2 is of 192.168.168.0. between these two there is a cisco router i can ping both servers map resources; but the problem is one of the ...

master browser

cpu - 5 Sep 2006 10:13 AM - 3 messages

At work our Win2003 Domain Controller complains about one of our staff company-owned WinXP Pro SP2 laptops. The Event Viewer says: The master browser has received a server announcement from the computer <laptop computername> that believes that it is the master browser ...

Using multiple network cards and IP addresses in one machine

Marvin Miller - 4 Sep 2006 10:40 PM - 16 messages

Hi Folks; I having an issue with one of my servers and I think I'm doing something incorrectly. The server has 2 NICs, one with a single IP address and the second with multiple IP addresses - all in the same subnet. Client for Microsoft ...

Check port status

mrajanikrishna - 4 Sep 2006 7:25 AM - 2 messages

Hello, How can I check all the ports and data transfer. Some port is blocking my internet connection. Our net connection is not continuous(connecting and disconnecting). Any sollution to resolve this? thanx in advance ...