Re: NIC issue on Windows 2003 Server.

From: Ibnu (Ibnu_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/03/05 

Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 09:37:05 -0800

Hi Vamsi,

Thank you very much for your reply.

Unfortunately, I already rebuilt the server, and it has no problems now. I
think the issue was with the NIC driver, but I am not sure.

Thank you very much for your time in replying my question.

"Kancharla vamshi krishna [MSFT]" wrote:

> Hi Ibnu,
>
> Can you please answer the following questions?
>
> After you configure with the static address can you ping the default
> gateway?
>
> And also can you give us the network monitor capture and the error you are
> getting while you are renewing the ip address (ipconfig /renew).
>
> You can install the network monitor tool from Add/Remove
> Programs->Add/Remove Windows components-> Managing and Monitoring
> tools->Network Monitoring tools.
>
>
> Thanks,
> vamsi.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> "Ibnu" <Ibnu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CBC0E115-CD5A-42FA-9234-1F9FC460CFA3@microsoft.com...
> > After I upgraded my Windows 2000 Server to Windows 2003 Server, everything
> > still worked fine. My Windows 2003 Server has 2 NICs.
> >
> > After the upgrade was successful, I went to
> > http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com to download and install all critical
> > patches for Windows 2003 Server.
> > After all critical patches were installed and the server was rebooted, I
> > could not connect to my Microsoft 2000 Domain anymore.
> >
> > The NIC icon next to the computer clock, has a question mark on it. When
> > I
> > place my mouse over it, the following message appears "Windows cannot
> > connect
> > to a network at this time. Please update your network address"
> >
> > When I check the Property of the NIC in the "Support" tab, it shows the
> > following:
> > Address Type: Invalid IP Address
> > IP Address: 0.0.0.0
> > Subnet Mask: 0.0.0.0
> > Default Gateway: blank
> >
> > When I click the "Repair" button on the "Support" tab in the Property
> > window
> > of the NIC, I get the following message:
> > "The following steps of the repair operation failed:
> > Refreshing all DHCP leases & re-registering DNS names.
> > Please contact your network adminstrator or ISP"
> >
> > This issue occurs whether I use Dynamic IP Address (via DHCP) or Static IP
> > Address, and this issue occurs regardless which NIC I use.
> > I know each NIC is working because the connectivity lights of the NIC are
> > blinking, and I could ping 127.0.0.1
> >
> > This issue only occurs on this one Windows 2003 Server. This server only
> > has Symanted AntiVirus on it, and my other Windows 2003 Servers are
> > working
> > just fine.
> >
> > Please help.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ibnu.
>
>
>