Win2K Server Blues

HW_Hack

I almost posted this in the emergency forum ... but I'll start here .... school starts in 2 weeks

I'm in my 2nd year of doing tech-support for a high school - on the last day of school back in mid June our lone Win2K server blew its brains out after 4 years of service with (I'm sure) zippo maintenance and no backups etc.

I'm rebuilding a new server - I've loaded the original win2k server disk - and got it up to service pak4 - and added a Mcafee virus / spyware package.

In DHCP mode I have full network connectivity - I can surf out thru our district firewall etc - download files. As soon as I go Static IP (our assigned IP) - set the subnet mask - gateway IP - DNS's .... I got nothing. Browser times out - I cannot ping internally or externally - nor can the server be pinged ! But on the server I can ping my own IP just fine.

This must be a real bone-head problem ... have to admit I haven't done a Windows server in over 8yrs (but have done several Linux servers).

Any help is appreciated !!!


Once I get this problem solved I'm sure the accounts - permissions - and adding a 250GB Raid array will go smooth as silk :bigggrin:

kryyst

Try this first. Set it to DHCP and make sure it's all working.

Go to a command prompt and do: ipconfig /all and collect

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.22.23.178
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 172.22.23.1
        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.22.23.254
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.22.23.254
                                            4.2.2.1
                                            4.2.2.2
        Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 172.22.23.254

That will be all the ip info being handed out by your DHCP server. Then go into your network settings flip it to static and put in that exact same information. (using YOUR info - not mine). See if your connection is still working.

Then change your IP from the one you are getting dynamically to the static one you are trying to use. Now, if the ip you are dynamically getting is 192.168.1.x and the static one you are trying to use is in a different range say 192.168.2.x and it's not covered by your subnet (for example if your subnet is 255.255.255.0 then the first 3 sets of your IP have to be the same if it's 255.255.0.0 then only the first 2 have to be). Anyway if your ip's aren't in the same range then I think the static IP they are giving you may infact be the one for your router and not for the server. I have a feeling your router is acting as the DHCP server in which case the static IP they are giving you is for your outside network not internal.

HW_Hack

Thanks for the help - this is an excellant idea -- I'll give it a shot today !!