Chris Padgett
March 27th 03, 10:58 PM
you may also want to check the duplexing settings on both the local
machine's NIC and the switch. If there is a mis-match or if they are
improperly auto-negotiating then problems like this can happen. I would hard
code both the NIC and the switch port to make sure this is not your problem.
Chris
"chris" > wrote in message
...
> I have a W2K mixed mode domain. Right now the PDC is the
> only W2K server, it is also the primary DNS and has SP3.
> Everything is fine except for the XP machines. The most
> problematic machine has SP1 on it and all the MS patches
> and updates. In total there are about 3 XP machines on
> the network now with more to come.
>
> The XP machine joins the domain just fine and user access
> rights work accordingly for an undetermined amount of
> time, could be a whole day, could be an hour, but sooner
> or later they all lose access to shared network folders.
> Access has been granted to these users explicity and
> through groups... same outcome. The fix has been to
> logoff and logon again.
>
> Does this sound like it has to do with DNS at all? Any
> help is much appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
>
machine's NIC and the switch. If there is a mis-match or if they are
improperly auto-negotiating then problems like this can happen. I would hard
code both the NIC and the switch port to make sure this is not your problem.
Chris
"chris" > wrote in message
...
> I have a W2K mixed mode domain. Right now the PDC is the
> only W2K server, it is also the primary DNS and has SP3.
> Everything is fine except for the XP machines. The most
> problematic machine has SP1 on it and all the MS patches
> and updates. In total there are about 3 XP machines on
> the network now with more to come.
>
> The XP machine joins the domain just fine and user access
> rights work accordingly for an undetermined amount of
> time, could be a whole day, could be an hour, but sooner
> or later they all lose access to shared network folders.
> Access has been granted to these users explicity and
> through groups... same outcome. The fix has been to
> logoff and logon again.
>
> Does this sound like it has to do with DNS at all? Any
> help is much appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
>