Since updating Broadcom NIC drivers, Server 2003 has no connection
Brand new Dell T310 Server. Installed and configured Server 2003 R2. Downloaded and installed all drivers and Microsoft updates. Joined it to a domain as a member server and then elevated it to a secondary domain controller. Then, discovered that the Broadcom NICs would not save a static IP address. It kept reverting back to Automatic. I updated the Broadcom drivers. I was then able to enter static IPs. But, now there's no connectivity at all. Each NIC says it's connected after I enter the static IPs but cannot access the internal network or the Internet. When I run IPCONFIG from a command prompt, the IPs show up but no gateway.
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have you entered the DNS address on the static ip screen?
Can you copy and paste here the NICs settings screen showing IP config
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Yes, I did enter the DNS settings.
I did try the netsh command and no change
I will try using another NIC card and see if that works
One of the NICS is configured for VPN and the second is for the internal network
NIC#1
IP - WAN IP
SM - WAN SM
GW - WAN GW
DNS - PDC DNS
NIC#2
IP - Internal address of this server
SM - Internal SM
GW - (Blank)
DNS - PDC DNS
I did try the netsh command and no change
I will try using another NIC card and see if that works
One of the NICS is configured for VPN and the second is for the internal network
NIC#1
IP - WAN IP
SM - WAN SM
GW - WAN GW
DNS - PDC DNS
NIC#2
IP - Internal address of this server
SM - Internal SM
GW - (Blank)
DNS - PDC DNS
Do you have anything in the event viewer (system log) about this problem?
If you say that it is only after you updated the driver why not removing the driver in full and install the driver that came with the hardware CD or from the manufacture site ?
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I tried reverting back to the previous driver but when I install it, the NIC won't start. I get an error code 10 even after a reboot.
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Thanks for the points. Is it working now?
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Yes. Thank you. Turns out that after we tried another NIC in the machine it was working. The built-in NICs were the problem. Dell's replacing the motherboard. Thanks for your help.
Good :)