Win98 file access problems on Win2000 Pro

[Duncan]

Dear All,

Hope you can help with this problem:

We run 5 Win98 machines on a peer to peer network and are
trying to use a win2000 Pro machine to act as a file
server. All machines use static IP's and most of the day
seem to work OK....

Then for example, opening a word document takes ages on
one machine and then the other win98 machines have similar
problems.
Another example may be windows address book taking several
minutes to open, showing a blank address book and finding
that it has created a copy of the address book on the
server with part of the original wab name.

Re-booting the win98 machine seems to get things going for
a while again and the server never seems to report any
problems and always has plenty of resources available.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!



..

 

[Marina Roos]

They are all in the same workgroup and all useraccounts exist on the W2K,
right?
Post the ipconfig/all.

Marina

 

[Duncan]

Here goes....

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : cfm
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 3Com EtherLink XL
10/100 PCI For Complete PC Management NIC (3C905C-TX)

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-73-E7-36-47
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . :

Windows 98 IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . : CFM
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Node Type . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
NetBIOS Scope ID. . . . . . :
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . : No
NetBIOS Resolution Uses DNS : Yes

0 Ethernet adapter :
Description . . . . . . . . : D-Link DFE-530TX PCI Fast
Ethernet Adapter (rev.A)
Physical Address. . . . . . : 00-50-CA-EF-8C-94
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.6
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . :
Primary WINS Server . . . . :
Secondary WINS Server . . . :
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . :
Lease Expires . . . . . . . :

 

[Marina Roos]

Do you also have an internetconnection somewhere, and if yes, how is that
configured?

Marina

 

[Marina Roos]

Hi Duncan,

Has this ADSL-connection a router? Is it able to do DHCP-serving?
Sorry, haven't got that message from Jake anymore, so I can't confirm.

Marina

 

[Duncan]

Dear Marina,

Can I ask what this is leading to and what it has to do
whit the initial problem?

Kind Regards Duncan

 

[Marina Roos]

If it has the ability, then it can push all the necessary setting to your
computers attached to it.
Right now there is no gateway on any computer.
How about a fresh ipconfig/all from all computers?

Marina

 

[Duncan]

Dear Marina,

Not sure what this has to do with tracking down the cause
and solution to the problem I have.
I need to use static IP addresses on the network for a
number of reasons including specific hardware devices. As
far as the gateway is concerned, I have set the IP today
and have internet access on the client machines but the
problem persists. I think the best solution would be the
identification of the issue and a subsequent fix.

before all my hair falls out!

Kind Regards Duncan