Re: Workstations are going offline! Help!

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Are you getting any errors in the event logs on the server or the
workstations?

Have you looked at hardware - maybe a failing network switch or the server's
LAN NIC? I'm thinking that if the server ran normally for a couple of
weeks, and you didn't change any settings, hardware seems to be a likely
suspect.

I see what you're saying about Exchange/Outlook, but Outlook will appear to
work quite normally with an intermittent network connection.

"Brian B." <Brian B.@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ADE61CB5-1594-4AB1-8AD9-9CA65017C6F9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi everyone - here is the scoop. New install of SBS 2003 R2, about two
weeks
old. Running exchange, ISA 2004, WSUS, & company web. Yesterday, one of
my
workstations exhibited the following symptoms - Cannot access server
shares,
Can Access Internet, Can use Outlook (exchange functions working fine),
workstation gets a little offline computer in the system tray & will not
reconnect to the network. I've logged on as administrator & the problem
exists still, no matter who is logged on to the workstation. If the
workstation is rebooted, normal operation resumes for a few moments, but
then, all of the sudden, network shares aren't accessible anymore. There
are
no crazy third party appz that are running. Just your standard SOHO
workstation w/Office & the typical appz.

Now, today I come in & three out of 8 users are exhibiting the exact same
symptom!!! So, here is an ipconfig all of the server & one of the
workstations. verything was working fine prior to yesterday....I think it
is
just crazy that exchange works, but other network functions dont? Oh
yeah,
Server is pingable from workstations by both name & IP. All workstations
in
our LAN are new machines, & so is the SBS box....everything seems to be
going
good but this & it is killing me!

IPCONFIG /ALL SERVER -
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : cusecsbs
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : CUSEC.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : CUSEC.local

Ethernet adapter Server Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 PT Dual Port
Server
Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-17-12-E2-52
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2

Ethernet adapter Wide Area Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 PT Dual Port
Server
Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-17-12-E2-40
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 216.37.84.18
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.248
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 216.37.84.17
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

___________________________________________________________


IPCONFIG /ALL WORKSTATION -

Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : d71qvzb1
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : CUSEC.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : CUSEC.local
CUSEC.local
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : CUSEC.local
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit
Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-C5-56-95-0B
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.21
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, December 20, 2006
8:08:05AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, December 28, 2006
8:08:05AM
__________________________________________________________________

I appreciate any help you may be able to offer....Thanks!


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