netware/windows 2000 professional/ internet on a single PC

[marie]

i have a computer using netware 5 ,windows 2000
professional and is connectected to the Internet through
dial network modem.This computer connects internet
through another computer (gateway).
During booting after login into the network my computer
often hangs,thus requiring a restart, on many occasions
while on the internet it hangs also requiring a
restart.what could be the problem?

 

[Keith V. Klenke]

is it the netware box thats connecting to the internet via dialup or the
w2kbox?

make sure DS is clean & healthy

make sure you are using the latest nwclient & patches

make sure you have the server updated to the latest patches & oplocks level1
& 2 are set correct

SLP is setup properly on the server, & distributed properly to workstations
via dhcp

DNS setup properly

that speed/duplex on *everything* is hardset, & hardset correctly

latest drivers for everything (nic/chipset/controller/etc)

check cables, make sure everything is cat5e certified, not using flat
cables/cat3/etc (ive seen it in a lot of places)

purge all volumes & turn off compression

make sure there is more than 10% free on EVERY volume

make sure bios/firmware to everything (server/raid
cards/switches/workstations/etc) up to date