DHCP probelm on XP node

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R. K. Khandelwal, MD

Two out of 5 computers running Windows XP on my network with SBS 2000 are not able to log on to the server. This happened from
yesterday afternoon without any action on our part.

When manual configuration of the IP address is done, even then the computers do not log on and when DHCP is enabled, the local
computers either show 0.0.0.0 as the local address. When the systems are rebooted, some other address is shown locally.

I shall appreciate any help in getting my network going.

Rajiv Khandelwal
______________
www.vardaan.net
 
Two out of 5 computers running Windows XP on my network with SBS 2000
are not able to log on to the server. This happened from yesterday
afternoon without any action on our part.

When manual configuration of the IP address is done, even then the
computers do not log on and when DHCP is enabled, the local computers
either show 0.0.0.0 as the local address. When the systems are
rebooted, some other address is shown locally.

I shall appreciate any help in getting my network going.

Rajiv Khandelwal
______________
www.vardaan.net
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You have a network problem that is preventing the XP machines from
physically reaching the server.

You'll find that pinging the server by IP (when you've manually
allocated an IP) doesn't work.

I'd start by checking the network equipment and wiring.
 
Steve,

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the network card but without success and every time I lend up with an automatic private
address for my network card.

Rajiv Khandelwal
______________
www.vardaan.net
| R. K. Khandelwal, MD wrote:
|
| > Two out of 5 computers running Windows XP on my network with SBS 2000
| > are not able to log on to the server. This happened from yesterday
| > afternoon without any action on our part.
| >
| > When manual configuration of the IP address is done, even then the
| > computers do not log on and when DHCP is enabled, the local computers
| > either show 0.0.0.0 as the local address. When the systems are
| > rebooted, some other address is shown locally.
| >
| > I shall appreciate any help in getting my network going.
| >
| > Rajiv Khandelwal
| > ______________
| > www.vardaan.net
|
| You have a network problem that is preventing the XP machines from
| physically reaching the server.
|
| You'll find that pinging the server by IP (when you've manually
| allocated an IP) doesn't work.
|
| I'd start by checking the network equipment and wiring.
|
| --
| Steve Foster [SBS MVP]
| ---------------------------------------
| MVPs do not work for Microsoft. Please reply only to the newsgroups.
 
Try this and mind you profiles will be wacked out.... set up a new computer name and see if they join up.

Also look in the event viewer for codes 5719 and 1043 occurring over and over again.

R. K. Khandelwal said:
Two out of 5 computers running Windows XP on my network with SBS 2000 are not able to log on to the server. This happened from
yesterday afternoon without any action on our part.

When manual configuration of the IP address is done, even then the computers do not log on and when DHCP is enabled, the local
computers either show 0.0.0.0 as the local address. When the systems are rebooted, some other address is shown locally.

I shall appreciate any help in getting my network going.

Rajiv Khandelwal
______________
www.vardaan.net
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--
"Don't lose sight of security. Security is a state of being, not a
state of budget. He with the most firewalls still does not win.
Put down that honeypot and keep up to date on your patches. Demand
better security from vendors and hold them responsible. Use what
you have, and make sure you know how to use it properly and effectively."
~ Rain Forest Puppy

http://www.wiretrip.net/rfp/txt/evolution.txt
 
Susan,

Thanks for your suggestion. I am not able to join the domain and the event viewer does not have the codes mentioned by you.

Now the only alternative left for me is to replace the network cards and then see and shall report back to the group during the day.

Thanks,

Rajiv Khandelwal
______________
www.vardaan.net
| Try this and mind you profiles will be wacked out.... set up a new computer name and see if they join up.
|
| Also look in the event viewer for codes 5719 and 1043 occurring over and over again.
|
| "R. K. Khandelwal, MD" wrote:
|
| > Two out of 5 computers running Windows XP on my network with SBS 2000 are not able to log on to the server. This happened from
| > yesterday afternoon without any action on our part.
| >
| > When manual configuration of the IP address is done, even then the computers do not log on and when DHCP is enabled, the local
| > computers either show 0.0.0.0 as the local address. When the systems are rebooted, some other address is shown locally.
| >
| > I shall appreciate any help in getting my network going.
| >
| > Rajiv Khandelwal
| > ______________
| > www.vardaan.net
|
| --
| "Don't lose sight of security. Security is a state of being, not a
| state of budget. He with the most firewalls still does not win.
| Put down that honeypot and keep up to date on your patches. Demand
| better security from vendors and hold them responsible. Use what
| you have, and make sure you know how to use it properly and effectively."
| ~ Rain Forest Puppy
|
| http://www.wiretrip.net/rfp/txt/evolution.txt
|
|
 
Thanks for your post.

When the network switch is turned off , I get the message that the network cable is unplugged and once the it is turned on, the
message comes that the network cable is now connected.

Three other computers in the network are working fine.

Now the only alternative left for me is to replace the network cards and then see and shall report back to the group during the day.

Rajiv Khandelwal
______________
www.vardaan.net
| What happens when you install a totoally different brand of nic? What
| happens when you disconnect the power to your network switch and power
| it back up? Is DHCP server still started when you look for it in the
| services control pannel? The other workstations will probably fail
| sometime soon.
|
|
| >Steve,
| >
| >I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the network card but without success and every time I lend up with an automatic
private
| >address for my network card.
| >
| >Rajiv Khandelwal
| >______________
| >www.vardaan.net
| >| R. K. Khandelwal, MD wrote:
| >|
| >| > Two out of 5 computers running Windows XP on my network with SBS 2000
| >| > are not able to log on to the server. This happened from yesterday
| >| > afternoon without any action on our part.
| >| >
| >| > When manual configuration of the IP address is done, even then the
| >| > computers do not log on and when DHCP is enabled, the local computers
| >| > either show 0.0.0.0 as the local address. When the systems are
| >| > rebooted, some other address is shown locally.
| >| >
| >| > I shall appreciate any help in getting my network going.
| >| >
| >| > Rajiv Khandelwal
| >| > ______________
| >| > www.vardaan.net
| >|
| >| You have a network problem that is preventing the XP machines from
| >| physically reaching the server.
| >|
| >| You'll find that pinging the server by IP (when you've manually
| >| allocated an IP) doesn't work.
| >|
| >| I'd start by checking the network equipment and wiring.
| >|
| >| --
| >| Steve Foster [SBS MVP]
| >| ---------------------------------------
| >| MVPs do not work for Microsoft. Please reply only to the newsgroups.
| >
|
| Jim B. SBS MVP
 
Rajiv:

On the WinXP machines, you might want to try resetting TCP/IP...

How to Reset Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q299357

--
Merv Porter [SBS MVP]
===================================

R. K. Khandelwal said:
Thanks for your post.

When the network switch is turned off , I get the message that the network
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cable is unplugged and once the it is turned on, the
message comes that the network cable is now connected.

Three other computers in the network are working fine.

Now the only alternative left for me is to replace the network cards and
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then see and shall report back to the group during the day.
Rajiv Khandelwal
______________
www.vardaan.net
| What happens when you install a totoally different brand of nic? What
| happens when you disconnect the power to your network switch and power
| it back up? Is DHCP server still started when you look for it in the
| services control pannel? The other workstations will probably fail
| sometime soon.
|
|
| >Steve,
| >
| >I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the network card but without
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success and every time I lend up with an automatic
private
| >address for my network card.
| >
| >Rajiv Khandelwal
| >______________
| >www.vardaan.net
| >| R. K. Khandelwal, MD wrote:
| >|
| >| > Two out of 5 computers running Windows XP on my network with SBS 2000
| >| > are not able to log on to the server. This happened from yesterday
| >| > afternoon without any action on our part.
| >| >
| >| > When manual configuration of the IP address is done, even then the
| >| > computers do not log on and when DHCP is enabled, the local computers
| >| > either show 0.0.0.0 as the local address. When the systems are
| >| > rebooted, some other address is shown locally.
| >| >
| >| > I shall appreciate any help in getting my network going.
| >| >
| >| > Rajiv Khandelwal
| >| > ______________
| >| > www.vardaan.net
| >|
| >| You have a network problem that is preventing the XP machines from
| >| physically reaching the server.
| >|
| >| You'll find that pinging the server by IP (when you've manually
| >| allocated an IP) doesn't work.
| >|
| >| I'd start by checking the network equipment and wiring.
| >|
| >| --
| >| Steve Foster [SBS MVP]
| >| ---------------------------------------
| >| MVPs do not work for Microsoft. Please reply only to the newsgroups.
| >
|
| Jim B. SBS MVP
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After running the nodes for more than 1 hour, one of the nodes got connected to the Server but the transmission of the packets is
slow leading to the error "Semaphore time out", which means that the NIC is functioning intermittently.

Now the only alternative for me is to replace the NIC.

Shall report back after replacing the card.

Rajiv Khandelwal
______________
www.vardaan.net
| Try this and mind you profiles will be wacked out.... set up a new computer name and see if they join up.
|
| Also look in the event viewer for codes 5719 and 1043 occurring over and over again.
|
| "R. K. Khandelwal, MD" wrote:
|
| > Two out of 5 computers running Windows XP on my network with SBS 2000 are not able to log on to the server. This happened from
| > yesterday afternoon without any action on our part.
| >
| > When manual configuration of the IP address is done, even then the computers do not log on and when DHCP is enabled, the local
| > computers either show 0.0.0.0 as the local address. When the systems are rebooted, some other address is shown locally.
| >
| > I shall appreciate any help in getting my network going.
| >
| > Rajiv Khandelwal
| > ______________
| > www.vardaan.net
|
| --
| "Don't lose sight of security. Security is a state of being, not a
| state of budget. He with the most firewalls still does not win.
| Put down that honeypot and keep up to date on your patches. Demand
| better security from vendors and hold them responsible. Use what
| you have, and make sure you know how to use it properly and effectively."
| ~ Rain Forest Puppy
|
| http://www.wiretrip.net/rfp/txt/evolution.txt
|
|
 
There are no errors mentioned in the event log and it does not work with static IP. The only significant event log error that could
be found was:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1054
Date: 24/08/03
Time: 9:02:33 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: V1
Description:
Windows cannot obtain the domain controller name for your computer network. (A socket operation was attempted to an unreachable
host. ). Group Policy processing aborted.

Rajiv Khandelwal
ICQ# 19897070
alt. e-mail: (e-mail address removed)
(e-mail address removed)
______________
www.vardaan.net
| Susan,
|
| Thanks for your suggestion. I am not able to join the domain and the event viewer does not have the codes mentioned by you.
|
| Now the only alternative left for me is to replace the network cards and then see and shall report back to the group during the
day.
|
| Thanks,
|
| Rajiv Khandelwal
| ______________
| www.vardaan.net
| | Try this and mind you profiles will be wacked out.... set up a new computer name and see if they join up.
| |
| | Also look in the event viewer for codes 5719 and 1043 occurring over and over again.
| |
| | "R. K. Khandelwal, MD" wrote:
| |
| | > Two out of 5 computers running Windows XP on my network with SBS 2000 are not able to log on to the server. This happened from
| | > yesterday afternoon without any action on our part.
| | >
| | > When manual configuration of the IP address is done, even then the computers do not log on and when DHCP is enabled, the local
| | > computers either show 0.0.0.0 as the local address. When the systems are rebooted, some other address is shown locally.
| | >
| | > I shall appreciate any help in getting my network going.
| | >
| | > Rajiv Khandelwal
| | > ______________
| | > www.vardaan.net
| |
| | --
| | "Don't lose sight of security. Security is a state of being, not a
| | state of budget. He with the most firewalls still does not win.
| | Put down that honeypot and keep up to date on your patches. Demand
| | better security from vendors and hold them responsible. Use what
| | you have, and make sure you know how to use it properly and effectively."
| | ~ Rain Forest Puppy
| |
| | http://www.wiretrip.net/rfp/txt/evolution.txt
| |
| |
|
|
 
I have tried replacing the NIC on one of the computers but the same problem is persisting. Static IP address is not being accepted
and an Automatic Private Address is being given.

I am not able to find any solution. The other 3 nodes are working fine.

Rajiv Khandelwal
______________
www.vardaan.net
| Susan,
|
| Thanks for your suggestion. I am not able to join the domain and the event viewer does not have the codes mentioned by you.
|
| Now the only alternative left for me is to replace the network cards and then see and shall report back to the group during the
day.
|
| Thanks,
|
| Rajiv Khandelwal
| ______________
| www.vardaan.net
| | Try this and mind you profiles will be wacked out.... set up a new computer name and see if they join up.
| |
| | Also look in the event viewer for codes 5719 and 1043 occurring over and over again.
| |
| | "R. K. Khandelwal, MD" wrote:
| |
| | > Two out of 5 computers running Windows XP on my network with SBS 2000 are not able to log on to the server. This happened from
| | > yesterday afternoon without any action on our part.
| | >
| | > When manual configuration of the IP address is done, even then the computers do not log on and when DHCP is enabled, the local
| | > computers either show 0.0.0.0 as the local address. When the systems are rebooted, some other address is shown locally.
| | >
| | > I shall appreciate any help in getting my network going.
| | >
| | > Rajiv Khandelwal
| | > ______________
| | > www.vardaan.net
| |
| | --
| | "Don't lose sight of security. Security is a state of being, not a
| | state of budget. He with the most firewalls still does not win.
| | Put down that honeypot and keep up to date on your patches. Demand
| | better security from vendors and hold them responsible. Use what
| | you have, and make sure you know how to use it properly and effectively."
| | ~ Rain Forest Puppy
| |
| | http://www.wiretrip.net/rfp/txt/evolution.txt
| |
| |
|
|
 
Unfortunately the response which I posted 2 days back has not been shown here. The culprit was network cable (concealed) from the
switch to the RJ socket next to my computer.

Rajiv Khandelwal
______________
www.vardaan.net
| I had the similar situation. I formatted the XP machine
| and reinstalled XP on it.
|
| Worked great after that!
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Two out of 5 computers running Windows XP on my network
| with SBS 2000 are not able to log on to the server. This
| happened from
| >yesterday afternoon without any action on our part.
| >
| >When manual configuration of the IP address is done, even
| then the computers do not log on and when DHCP is enabled,
| the local
| >computers either show 0.0.0.0 as the local address. When
| the systems are rebooted, some other address is shown
| locally.
| >
| >I shall appreciate any help in getting my network going.
| >
| >Rajiv Khandelwal
| >______________
| >www.vardaan.net
| >
| >
| >.
| >
 

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