Windows 2003 - why Windows XP doesn't get ip automatically? Very strange - Please Read

[Dancer]

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?

 

[Ron Martell]

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
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