intermittent network problems

[Guest]

I have a small business network that is driving me nuts!! It contains 1 W2K
server, 1 xp platform, and 2 win98 platforms. The problem usually occurs at
morning startup. The xp machine can't connect with the server until the
server is restarted and the 2 win98 machines never experience a problem. Once
the connection is established it seems to work great, until the next
morning!! The server remains on at all times while the other machines are
shutdown at closing. I have changed cables and hubs with no effect. Any help
would be greatly appreciated!!

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

It may be the computer browsing issue. Any errors in the event viewer on both XP and server?

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
I have a small business network that is driving me nuts!! It contains 1 W2K
server, 1 xp platform, and 2 win98 platforms. The problem usually occurs at
morning startup. The xp machine can't connect with the server until the
server is restarted and the 2 win98 machines never experience a problem. Once
the connection is established it seems to work great, until the next
morning!! The server remains on at all times while the other machines are
shutdown at closing. I have changed cables and hubs with no effect. Any help
would be greatly appreciated!!

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the reply, Bob. The only errors i have seen are "unable to restore
connection" and "path not found" Also I have compared the processes in Task
Manager and saw that when the problem occurs winmgmt.exe is not running on
the server.

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

Can you ping the server by ip next morning? Also check the power management that doesn't make the server sleep.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
Thanks for the reply, Bob. The only errors i have seen are "unable to restore
connection" and "path not found" Also I have compared the processes in Task
Manager and saw that when the problem occurs winmgmt.exe is not running on
the server.

 

[Guest]

I'll give it a try tommorrow, little foggy on what you mean by the server
sleeping, it stays on all the time due to online backup.