Re: Windows 2003 - why Windows XP doesn't get ip automatically? Very strange - Please Read
- From: Ron Martell <ron.martell@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 20:14:23 GMT
Dancer <spamanihilator@xxxxxx> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I have a very strange situation in my network which happened today. Namely
>I have got 1 windows 2003 server, a couple of winxp workstations and some
>computers with win98se. One of the functions of the server is being an
>internet gateway (adsl), and it has static ip 192.168.0.1. The internet
>connectionis shared and the IPs are automatically set on workstations. Yes
>it worked finr until today.
>
>So what is the problem? No workstation with windows xp can get IP from
>server which results with no connection. I set a fixed IP on these
>computers which helped with file and application sharing but - as you can
>predict - it didn't help with the Internet connection.
>
>What is very strange, while the xp computers have difficulties described
>above, the workstations with windows 98se easily obtain IP number from
>server and have internet connection.
>
>Strange, isn't it?
>
>Can you help me with this problem? What could happen in this situation?
>What is the solution? Have you ever coped with problem of this kind?
My suggestion would be to purchase an inexpensive cable/dsl router and
dispense with ICS and also turn off the DHCP server function on your
Server 2003 system.
Connect your cable/dsl model to the WAN port on the router.
Connect your server to one of the 4 LAN ports and your hub(s) to
another.
That should resolve your problem, improve your network performance,
and provide the additional security of a NAT firewall for your
Internet connection.
p.s. I have a client that I recently set up with pretty much exactly
this configuration. We connected the 4 LAN ports on the router as
follows:
1 to the Windows 2003 server
1 to the hub/switch serving the main floor workstations (5)
1 to the hub/switch serving the second floor workstations (6)
1 to a digital photocopier that is also used as a primary document
printer.
Good luck
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
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http://aumha.org/alex.htm
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