Multihomed Server Stops Browsing When...

[Bill Williams]

Have a multihomed Server connected to two ISP's, one ISDN
and other cable modem. This server was fine for two
years, but a trojan virus took it down. When I enable the
second network adapter, the ISDN one, it soon drops
connection to the local users and domain. Soon meaning,
sometimes 10-30 seconds, other times as much as 8-hours.

I can recover only after a restart of the domain
controller and the SQL-server. Users seem to have to
restart too, but a few can use release and renew their
adapters and move on...

This system was flawless for 19-months, I think SP4
changed something in the browser service, there are some
master browser issues.

The system works perfect until I enable the second NIC
with the ISDN connection...

Any thoughts would REALLY be welcomed...

 

[Doug Sherman [MVP]]

This may be a binding order issue. Enable the ISDN adapter. Right click My
Network Places and select Properties. Click Advanced/Advanced Settings.
Make sure your internal Lan adapter is at the top of the list.

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

 

[Marina Roos]

Check the bindingorder and make sure the internal nic is on top, followed by
the external nic.
Internal nic should have a blank gateway.
DNS on both internal and external nic should point to your server-IP.
On the external nic only TCP/IP should be bound.

Are you using RRAS as well? In that case, make sure you do the regedits in
292822.

Marina

 

[bwilliams]

Thank You, I will check this in the morning.

Bill

-----Original Message-----
Check the bindingorder and make sure the internal nic is on top, followed by
the external nic.
Internal nic should have a blank gateway.
DNS on both internal and external nic should point to your server-IP.
On the external nic only TCP/IP should be bound.

Are you using RRAS as well? In that case, make sure you do the regedits in
292822.

Marina




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