Hi
I'm an IT Consultant supporting a number of local businesses with their IT requirements, PC repairs etc.
One of my clinets was running an old version of SBS (97?) on a P2 based NT4 server - Exchange 5.0 etc. I couldn't support this configuration and was concerned that if the server went down due to hardware failure, we were going to struggle to get it back up again. I have since replaced it with a Dell Poweredge running Windows 2003 SBS and migrated across the exchange mailboxes etc and created a new domain.
Everything works ok, except that the network lags horribly. It takes random lengths of time for client pcs to login, 5 minutes or so sometimes - sticking at "loading personal settings" often.
Network drive access, network printing & exchange server access can also be very slow. The overall view from the client is that the old server was much faster, which I know can't be true, so there must be a problem somewhere.
His network was 10 BaseT, with 3 x 10mbps hubs on a ring. I re-cabled his offices and changed the hubs to 100mbps switches. haven't seen much improvement to be honest.
When i first set this server up, I had problems with continually losing internet access, which i think was caused by DHCP conflicts on the server and the router. I turned off DHCP on the server and left it up to the router, which fixed the problem. Not sure if this information is relevant, but thought I should mention it. All clients PCs are statically addressed and the router is the gateway. The server is also statically addressed.
From reading up on this forum and others, I think the problem might be related to DNS. I found the following thread :
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Networking/Microsoft_Network/Q_21890053.html?qid=21890053#16927816... which at first glance seems to be much the same as my problem, but to be honest i couldn't follow the thread or really know what steps from it are required.
I have remote access to this server, but not to the client PCs. I can visit the site, but in doing so there may be long delays between your posts and my replies. Please bear with me.
It seems likely that I will be asked for a netdiag log from the server, so here is one :
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Computer Name: server
DNS Host Name: SERVER.domain.local
System info : Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Build 3790)
Processor : x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 1, GenuineIntel
List of installed hotfixes :
KB890046
KB893756
KB896358
KB896422
KB896424
KB896428
KB898715
KB899587
KB899588
KB899589
KB899591
KB900725
KB901017
KB901214
KB902400
KB904706
KB905414
KB908519
KB908531
KB908981
KB910437
KB911280
KB911562
KB911567
KB911927
KB912812
KB912919
KB913446
KB914388
KB914389
KB916281
KB917159
KB917344
KB917422
KB917537
KB917734
KB917953
KB918439
KB918899
KB920214
KB920670
KB920683
KB920685
KB921398
KB921883
KB922582
KB922616
Q147222
Netcard queries test . . . . . . . : Passed
Per interface results:
Adapter : Server Local Area Connection
Netcard queries test . . . : Passed
Host Name. . . . . . . . . : SERVER
IP Address . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.249
Subnet Mask. . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway. . . . . . : 10.0.0.1
Primary WINS Server. . . . : 192.168.1.254
Secondary WINS Server. . . : 10.0.0.2
Dns Servers. . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.1
IpConfig results . . . . . : Failed
Pinging the Primary WINS server 192.168.1.254 - not reachable
AutoConfiguration results. . . . . . : Passed
Default gateway test . . . : Passed
NetBT name test. . . . . . : Passed
[WARNING] At least one of the <00> 'WorkStation Service', <03> 'Messenger Service', <20> 'WINS' names is missing.
No remote names have been found.
WINS service test. . . . . : Passed
Global results:
Domain membership test . . . . . . : Passed
NetBT transports test. . . . . . . : Passed
List of NetBt transports currently configured:
NetBT_Tcpip_{5038E7CD-E0F0
-4D83-9330
-3C6C62194
8F2}
1 NetBt transport currently configured.
Autonet address test . . . . . . . : Passed
IP loopback ping test. . . . . . . : Passed
Default gateway test . . . . . . . : Passed
NetBT name test. . . . . . . . . . : Passed
[WARNING] You don't have a single interface with the <00> 'WorkStation Service', <03> 'Messenger Service', <20> 'WINS' names defined.
Winsock test . . . . . . . . . . . : Passed
DNS test . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Failed
[WARNING] Cannot find a primary authoritative DNS server for the name
SERVER.domain.local.'. [RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE]
The name 'SERVER.domain.local.' may not be registered in DNS.
[WARNING] The DNS entries for this DC are not registered correctly on DNS server '10.0.0.1'. Please wait for 30 minutes for DNS server replication.
[FATAL] No DNS servers have the DNS records for this DC registered.
Redir and Browser test . . . . . . : Passed
List of NetBt transports currently bound to the Redir
NetBT_Tcpip_{5038E7CD-E0F0
-4D83-9330
-3C6C62194
8F2}
The redir is bound to 1 NetBt transport.
List of NetBt transports currently bound to the browser
NetBT_Tcpip_{5038E7CD-E0F0
-4D83-9330
-3C6C62194
8F2}
The browser is bound to 1 NetBt transport.
DC discovery test. . . . . . . . . : Passed
DC list test . . . . . . . . . . . : Passed
Trust relationship test. . . . . . : Skipped
Kerberos test. . . . . . . . . . . : Passed
LDAP test. . . . . . . . . . . . . : Passed
Bindings test. . . . . . . . . . . : Passed
WAN configuration test . . . . . . : Skipped
No active remote access connections.
Modem diagnostics test . . . . . . : Passed
IP Security test . . . . . . . . . : Skipped
Note: run "netsh ipsec dynamic show /?" for more detailed information
The command completed successfully
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Many thanks for any help.
Jase
