Tech Newsgroups: Windows Server Networking

Name cache not updating itself

Pegasus - 28 Jan 2006 1:08 PM - 3 messages

I have a number of domain names registered with dyndns.com. When the IP address of a host changes, the dyndns name server registeres that change and returns the new IP address within a few minutes. I now find that my PC clings to the old address. Sometimes ...

how to setup a secondary NIC on a domain controller

Tony.. - 28 Jan 2006 8:18 AM - 4 messages

I wanted to know if it is possible to have 2 NICs on a server running at the same time within the same subnet. This server is a windows 2000 DC that also runs Exchange 2000 standard as well as DNS. ...

Port 20000 state changes state to close!?

Saeed Pazoki - 28 Jan 2006 5:38 AM - 4 messages

I am using an application which needs to access to port 20000 on my domain controller. The problem is that sometimes port 20000 state changes to close and my application stops functioning. once I remote desktop to the server port state changes to open again and my ...

NT Job Alerts

Raj - 27 Jan 2006 10:19 PM - 25 messages

Hi, Does anybody have idea as how to get notified through email or pager when an NT job FAILS. NT Job I mean for example: A batch file scheduled in Windows 2000 Task Scheduler. Thanks in advance ...

Detecting when a remote user connects to a server with VPN

h7qvnk7q001 - 27 Jan 2006 8:52 PM - 3 messages

I'm running Windows 2000 Server. I would like to take an action (execute a command, log to a file, etc) when any VPN connection is made to the server. IE when a remote user on the Internet connects to the ...

Network Neighborhood

George Schneider - 27 Jan 2006 8:26 PM - 3 messages

When I click on Network neighborhood and click on a computer I get an error message. Its turn out the computer a click on isn't turned on. What determines how this list is updated. It seems that this list always contains ...

Remote control computers within the same network

Sean - 27 Jan 2006 3:31 PM - 3 messages

Hi, I am using Windows XP prpfessional edition at work. How can I remotely control another computer within the same network (that computer uses windows 2000 professional edition)? I have pcanywhere installed. It works good when I am away from my network. ...

Problems adding computer to a network

Glenn Richardson - 27 Jan 2006 2:29 PM - 2 messages

I am on a network and I needed to swap PC's. The 'new' PC had just had W2K Pro re-installed on it, and for some reason I can't connect it to the network. Here is what I have been doing: ...

Bad performance when accessing files over a network share

Attila Tajti - 27 Jan 2006 1:55 PM - 3 messages

I would like to ask if anyone knows a workaround to our problem. The problem is bad performance due to a problem with Opportunistic Locking in some Windows versions. We would need opportunistic locking (oplock) and it is enabled as works as expected, until the first concurrent client tries to call ...

Replication Issues

George Schneider - 27 Jan 2006 1:28 PM - 2 messages

I'm having this issue in my network. A user lock himself/herlsef out. I log onto the Exchange Server and unlock the account. One site which has all XP clients not that it should make a difference the information doesn't seem to ...

Trust Fails and Restored, now ACL has to be reassign

WooYing - 27 Jan 2006 5:51 AM - 2 messages

Recently we had our trust fail and we got it going again, even though the trust validates fine I am not convenice it is 100%. Here what I mean in the begining we had a domain running AD (ABC.com) and then we had a NT domain ...

building a web site

admin - 27 Jan 2006 1:33 AM - 3 messages

I just got back working on my website. Its taken a long time to finish but I am getting there. I got great web hosting at [link] where I got a free .com name and a good site builder. Im going to keep working on it ill let you all know how im doing. ...

New office setup - need help

grogers - 26 Jan 2006 7:24 PM - 4 messages

Hello, Im having a few problems with the best way to go to setup a satellite office. We are opening a new location and I have purchased and built a new server for this location. A permanent VPN connection will be put in place to ...

Setting DNS server outside UI

Joel - 25 Jan 2006 9:59 PM - 3 messages

I have friend with a company laptop that is locked down pretty tight. He'd like to be able to access the Internet from his home router (not wireless for now) but I can't get the DNS entries to change. His IP config is set to ...

Unable to sign into locked server

ukgrrl7 - 25 Jan 2006 4:30 PM - 3 messages

The server has been locked and user id and password options are greyed out so that you cannot signin to unlock the server, the only option available is the domain box. ...

Advantages

Araceli Lee Torres - 25 Jan 2006 3:12 PM - 4 messages

What are the advantages of Microsoft 2000? ...

User to work on 2 separate networks

Nigel Sampath - 25 Jan 2006 12:13 PM - 7 messages

Good day. I have a user who has a laptop who from time to time works on a separate network / domain. The user wants a simpler way to switch between domains other than manually configuring the network card. His native domain ...

Can a server have multiple Global IPs?

gyokimae - 25 Jan 2006 4:29 AM - 2 messages

Hi folks. What I am trying to achieve I believe is quite straight forward. I have a 2003 Server with 2 NICs installed. Both NICs have a different network address and are connected to the Internet through separate routers. I would like IIS running on this ...

Add computer to domain from server

Tales Mein - 24 Jan 2006 8:51 PM - 3 messages

Hi we lost the admin password for a workstation, and need to add it to the domain 2000 server , 2000 workstation Can we add this computer to the domain via the server? I add the computer name, but I cannot manage it. Get message Access is ...

DHCP multiple subnets

Jeniffer K - 24 Jan 2006 5:28 PM - 7 messages

Dear NG, here is another one... We have a W2k3 server setup in a school acting as a DC, File server and DHCP, the server is obviously not connected to the internet because we need to make sure that no student has access to the web, not psychically nor ...

Ethernet + Wireless card - simple question

shearichard - 24 Jan 2006 10:37 AM - 4 messages

Hi - I have a W2K/SP4 machine and I've recently bought a linksys wireless card (WPC54G) for it. I just wanted to check I've done the right thing. All network adapters on the LAN used fixed IP addresses - the ethernet adapter in the ...

Multiple Gateways

Jeniffer K - 24 Jan 2006 3:54 AM - 4 messages

Dear NG, - I posted this to the RAS group i wanted to post it here We have two internet connections, cable and DSL as a backup, we would like to start hosting our own exchange server, the exchange server is a DC with ...

DHCP and single IP Address scopes

John Smith - 24 Jan 2006 2:24 AM - 3 messages

Hi, Just a little background: we have a network that provides access to the internet for our students. A Windows 2000 server provides proxy and DHCP services. There is a D-link router to provide internet access. Port blocking is set up in the router to mandate that students use the proxy ...

setting up LAN with NAT

vib-bitz - 24 Jan 2006 12:26 AM - 3 messages

Hi all, I am working on a project and I need to set up a windows 2000 server with NAT support. Presently I am having 1 windows 2000 server with 2 LAN Cards connected to a switch/router other lan card is not under use .. ...

Administrator Password Problem!

Glenn Richardson - 23 Jan 2006 5:06 PM - 4 messages

I have reinstalled W2K to one of my machines and when it boots up it asks for an Administrator password. I have put in all passowrds that I have, but non of them will work. I reinstalled (again) W2K and left the machine unplugged from the ...

Problem copy file from one share to another

Martin N - 23 Jan 2006 3:51 PM - 2 messages

Hello Using my Windows 2000 Pro machine, I try to copy files from one share (on a VMS machine) to another share (also on a VMS machine). The problem I get is the following: When filesize <= 4KB: Everything is OK ...

Troubleshooting a routing issue - Best tools?

Fran - 23 Jan 2006 1:07 PM - 4 messages

I have a client with a small office who shares an internet connection (T1 line) in a office building (this line is shared by 3 other offices). The T1 is eventually connected to a Linksys router in a communications closet. From here the other offices are simply plugged ...

Dial-up Networking taking charge over LAN connection?

David Murphy - 23 Jan 2006 1:46 AM - 3 messages

My main internet connection is via LAN to a router. Recently I've been trying to test out my new cell phone's capabilities by using it as a bluetooth modem to set up a dial-up connection. When I do so, the dial-up connection seems to ...

Two W2k server hosthames resolving to the same IP address

quentinhudson - 22 Jan 2006 10:59 PM - 5 messages

Hi, We run a Windows 2000 network with DNS and have one WINS server for legacy clients. I built a new server (DC5) with the IP address 172.16.0.47 which I was given by my boss, with the intention of making it a DC. Unfortunately, ...

move users folders another windows 2003server without losing secur

gila - 22 Jan 2006 7:20 PM - 2 messages

Dear ALL, How do I move users' folders from one windows 2003 server to another windows 2003 server without losing the security definitions allowing users to see their own folders. Both servers are in the same domain and the same active ...

Segmenting Wireless Network - DHCP woes

aaron_mckee - 22 Jan 2006 4:26 PM - 5 messages

Network Diagram {Internet} [router/DMZ DHCP Server/4 port-switch .1] [RRAS 2000 Server DMZ.8/LAN.1][PC DMZ.2]-[PC DMZ.3]-[PC DMZ.4] [Linksys Wireless AP LAN .2] {Wireless LAN} <-would like these to get 192.168.1.x IPs ...