Win98 Clients connection Problem

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 04/01/04


Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 12:50:59 -0800

Travis,
   I have not experienced your stated problem; however I
have had simular results from a client PC user trying to
help me by implementing her husbands suggestions.

   When the problem occurs, what does "ipconfig /all" from
the afflected win98 pc give you? Does it have the correct
IP for DHCP, DNS, etc? Have you looked at the resident
lmhost file? Maybe the win98 is getting old info when it
is rebooted. Also look at the "hosts" and "network" files
while you are looking.

    Are you sure your network hardware is ok? Marginal
Cat5 connections can drive one nuts looking for them.
Discount, uncertified Cat5 cabling have a way of
increasing their long term costs.

    Does the problem occur to all win98 pcs or just
certain ones? Will the problem win98's sign at all, or is
there a time of day element about it?

   I have not expended any time researching MS for that
article you mentioned, so do not know if it is an inherent
bug in w2000as, and the recommended work around.

   
>-----Original Message-----
>After about a week or 2some of our win98 pcs have a
>problem logging onto the Windows 2000 server domain. We
>get a message saying that the domain contoller is not
>available or access to the domain is or password is wrong.
>
>If we reboot the server then it solves the problem.
>Researching shows that it may be the way the 98 client
>acts with the AD DNS and DFS. An article says that win98
>cannot understand something on the 2000 server when it
>goes to renew its IP from the DHCP but I believe we have
>hard coded some so that they do not use DHCP and I don't
>believe this has fixed the problem. Fixing the Win98
>client to better understand the way AD/ DNS work under
>2000 server is not know to me. Is there a fix for win98
>clients having the DNS / AD / DFS logon problem???
>
>Travis
>.
>



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