Re: Changing IP Address "Loses" RPC Server

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I appreciate your feedback but I'm surprised because everything worked
perfectly until I had to move the server and the IP Change Tool doesn't seem
to update all the DNS records as it should is the only issue.

Having said that, I have 5 NIC's available on the server so I can certainly
try to change the config so the LAN NIC is an internal network. Just not
convinced that would do anything to solve the problem of the GC and RPC
Server not being able to be found.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]
<lanwench@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Stuart R. <StuartR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Sure, here's the ipconfig /all results although I will say I've tried
all sorts of variations from this set up which used to work with the
old ip's. gpupdate /force always produces the same RPC not available
error in Event Viewer:

C:\Documents and Settings\sansnil.SANSNILNET>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : ice
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : sansnilnet.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : sansnilnet.local
Ethernet adapter LAN2:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet
Adapter(LN
E100TX v4) #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-BF-54-47-55
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 76.79.67.187
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 76.79.67.185
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 76.79.67.187
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
Ethernet adapter LAN1:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet
Adapter(LN
E100TX v4)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-12-17-59-2D-CA
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 76.79.67.186
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 76.79.67.185
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 76.79.67.186
C:\Documents and Settings\sansnil.SANSNILNET>


<cringe> Ouch. Why are you using public IP addresses on your LAN?
This is Very Bad and I'm not surprised if you have a slew of
problems. Get a decent router/firewall appliance that also does NAT,
and stick it between your modem & your LAN. I would disconnect from
the Internet entirely until this can be done.

If you had two NICs (not my usual preference) it would be better at
least - but you're running with scissors here.

My bad - I didn't see that you have two NICs (you didn't separate the lines
much & I was preoccupied with the public IP thing). But the rest of my post
stands.



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