Current setup is 5 workstations (all XP Pro SP2) and one server SBS 2003 with only one NIC. We have a static IP from our ISP. Our network topolgy is this: Internet > DSL Modem > Router (DHCP) > Server.
All workstaions can see eachother on the network (ping and network places). On the server, I can ping all workstaions see them in network places. I CANNOT however ping the server from any of the workstations. Currently I can login to the domain using cached profiles but cannot access mapped drives / shared folders on the server. When creating a new account using the Server Mangment page then attemping to login to the server I get a 'cannot login, domain controller is unavailable' error.
Ipconfig results for a WORKSTATION are as follows:
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Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Debbie
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : EBR.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : EBR.local
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-1F-E7-E7-6A
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.15
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
Ipconfig results for the SERVER are as follows:
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Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : server
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : EBR.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : EBR.local
Ethernet adapter Server Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme 5721 Gigabit
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-12-3F-6E-87-7E
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
All machines can connect to the internet and I am able to drop files
from the server onto workstations, but again not vice versa.
I have about 16hours to get this working. Ideas? I'm almost sure
its DNS related.
Thanks in advance.
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