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Cannot ping storage server 2003
We have one windows 2003 standard DC....have connected storage server 2003 to the domain....and assigned static ip....i can ping from storage server to all other computers on the LAN but cannot ping storage server 2003 from other computers...Help !
thanks / Ravi
thanks / Ravi
megs28
Do you have Windows Firewall enabled, or any other type of firewall installed? Ensure ICMP packets are permitted. Also, if you have ISA server check the configuration on this as well to see if it's blocking anything internally to/from the storage server's IP address.
Another thought - it could be a name resolution issue.
You didn't mention if you can ping the storage server by IP addresss and not name. If you can ping it by IP address no problem, check the name registration in DNS or WINS...ensure it's dymanically updating it's IP address, or there's at least a static entry for it in DNS. To force a DNS update type 'ipconfig /registerdns' from the command line. To refresh the WINS information use 'nbtstat -RR' instead. Also, from the PCs attempting to ping this server, ensure they can ping other machines ont he network. If everything checks out here, look for firewalls as mentioned above.
You didn't mention if you can ping the storage server by IP addresss and not name. If you can ping it by IP address no problem, check the name registration in DNS or WINS...ensure it's dymanically updating it's IP address, or there's at least a static entry for it in DNS. To force a DNS update type 'ipconfig /registerdns' from the command line. To refresh the WINS information use 'nbtstat -RR' instead. Also, from the PCs attempting to ping this server, ensure they can ping other machines ont he network. If everything checks out here, look for firewalls as mentioned above.
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Never mind.....I think I just needed a reboot of the server and it worked....thanks