K
Ken
My background:
I'm a hack who has installed a few peer-to-peer networks
with Win98 operating systems. I've done technical support
for Microsoft in the Games/Hardware division, so I'm no
slouch. I just don't know a lot about client-server
networking.
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My situation:
I've started a new job where the network isn't working
properly. Some nodes are wireless, others are cabled.
Some are Windows ME (groan), others are Windows 98. All
the nodes log into a Windows 2000 server in a client-
server environment with a proxy server.
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Our problem:
Out of 25 or so nodes, at least 5 have issues with
internet connectivity. By issues, I mean that either web
sites are *extremely* slow, or we get "Page cannot be
displayed". Others in the building have no trouble.
No problems viewing workgroups in Network Neighborhood or
accessing a Linux box on the network for our time-clock
system.
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Connection settings:
1. TCP/IP and NetBEUI protocols are installed for the
adapters.
2. All requests from IE are routed through the proxy.
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Steps I've tried:
1. I can ping 127.0.0.1 and the Gateway IP. Anything else
times out, including the proxy IP.
2. Tracert doesn't even make it to the first hop. It just
hangs there.
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Possible solutions I've found:
DNS cache on the Windows 2000 server needs to be cleared
and refreshed.
Thoughts? I tried to be as thorough as possible in my
post. If I left out an important piece of the puzzle,
please let me know.
I'm a hack who has installed a few peer-to-peer networks
with Win98 operating systems. I've done technical support
for Microsoft in the Games/Hardware division, so I'm no
slouch. I just don't know a lot about client-server
networking.
--------------------------------------------
My situation:
I've started a new job where the network isn't working
properly. Some nodes are wireless, others are cabled.
Some are Windows ME (groan), others are Windows 98. All
the nodes log into a Windows 2000 server in a client-
server environment with a proxy server.
--------------------------------------------
Our problem:
Out of 25 or so nodes, at least 5 have issues with
internet connectivity. By issues, I mean that either web
sites are *extremely* slow, or we get "Page cannot be
displayed". Others in the building have no trouble.
No problems viewing workgroups in Network Neighborhood or
accessing a Linux box on the network for our time-clock
system.
--------------------------------------------
Connection settings:
1. TCP/IP and NetBEUI protocols are installed for the
adapters.
2. All requests from IE are routed through the proxy.
--------------------------------------------
Steps I've tried:
1. I can ping 127.0.0.1 and the Gateway IP. Anything else
times out, including the proxy IP.
2. Tracert doesn't even make it to the first hop. It just
hangs there.
--------------------------------------------
Possible solutions I've found:
DNS cache on the Windows 2000 server needs to be cleared
and refreshed.
Thoughts? I tried to be as thorough as possible in my
post. If I left out an important piece of the puzzle,
please let me know.