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I came into our office friday and our Dell PowerEdge 1800 was making a squeeling noise. I couldn't get it to stop the noise so i rebooted. The server would not shut down so i had to do a hard shutdown. After i examined a few things i noticed the DNS server would not start and there was a RPC error. After looking furthur into the problem i relized that all network connections on the server and all clients were missing. I can not add a new connection as the wizard runs and then nothing happens. I checked all NIC cards and uninstalled them and reinstalled them with no change. We have a laptop that is also on the wirless netowork and it was in sleep mode and still was affected. I asked a friend that does a lot on our server and he though it might be something with the GPO. I am at a loss of thought. Any help would be great.
Configuration:
Static IP from ISP
Firewall
DNS server (Serving static and DHCP)
Two NIC cards in Box
Small network of four computers.
Clients are DHCP
I am a beginner and have someone coming to help Monday night.
If you can lead us in the right direction we would be appreciative.
Jeremy
Configuration:
Static IP from ISP
Firewall
DNS server (Serving static and DHCP)
Two NIC cards in Box
Small network of four computers.
Clients are DHCP
I am a beginner and have someone coming to help Monday night.
If you can lead us in the right direction we would be appreciative.
Jeremy
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It could be a fan. But I doubt that has to do with your problem... I was just wondering if it was a hard drive, then there certainly could be issues there.
At any rate, please post a complete IPCONFIG /ALL so we can assess your NIC config.
Jeff
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At any rate, please post a complete IPCONFIG /ALL so we can assess your NIC config.
Jeff
TechSoEasy
It would also be helpful if you'd post the results from a SYSTEMINFO.
Jeff
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Jeff
TechSoEasy
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I removed the NIC cards and reinstalled them so there IP addresses are now preassigned.
NIC Intel Pro 1000 MT
DHCP = enabled
Auto config IP - 169.254.66.1
subnet mask - 255.255.0.0
NIC Intel Pro 1000 MT Server
DHCP = enabled
Auto config IP - 169.254.63.114
subnet mask - 255.255.0.0
NIC Intel Pro 1000 MT
DHCP = enabled
Auto config IP - 169.254.66.1
subnet mask - 255.255.0.0
NIC Intel Pro 1000 MT Server
DHCP = enabled
Auto config IP - 169.254.63.114
subnet mask - 255.255.0.0
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I'd still ask that you post a COMPLETE IPCONFIG /ALL along with a SYSTEMINFO
However, just from what you posted above... you shouldn't have DHCP enabled on your server's NICs. You need to manually assign the IP's.
See http://sbsurl.com/twonics for an example of how to configure these. You must then run the Configure Email and Internet Connection Wizard (CEICW -- which is linked as Connect to the Internet in the Server Management Console > Internet and Email) to configure your network settings.
A visual how-to is here: http://sbsurl.com/ceicw and a full networking overview for SBS is at http://sbsurl.com/msicw
Within that wizard you'll see a "more information" button on each screen that has invaluable help in deciding which options to select.
Be sure to check those out as well.
Jeff
TechSoEasy
However, just from what you posted above... you shouldn't have DHCP enabled on your server's NICs. You need to manually assign the IP's.
See http://sbsurl.com/twonics for an example of how to configure these. You must then run the Configure Email and Internet Connection Wizard (CEICW -- which is linked as Connect to the Internet in the Server Management Console > Internet and Email) to configure your network settings.
A visual how-to is here: http://sbsurl.com/ceicw and a full networking overview for SBS is at http://sbsurl.com/msicw
Within that wizard you'll see a "more information" button on each screen that has invaluable help in deciding which options to select.
Be sure to check those out as well.
Jeff
TechSoEasy
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Jeremy