feylya wrote: » Are all the machines the same build? Are all the accounts being logged into with the same account? Are these accounts in AD? Are the machine accounts in AD? Are all the machines accounts in the same OU?
Alzar wrote: » I think it may be a mismatch between the speed & duplex set on the port & the server. What i mean is the network card could be set to 100Mb/Full Duplex whereas the port maybe hardcoded to 100Mb/Half Duplex ot the port could be set to Auto/Auto. Personally I don't go touching NIC settings while working from home. Much prefer to be onsite. Too many lost connections & unaccessible servers. As a little aside, i'd recommend setting up a DHCP scope on your server & removing it from the Eircom Router. I don't know how you feel about it. Al.
feylya wrote: » So it gives out an ip of 192.168.1.1 while the server is staticly set to 192.168.1.1. See any problem there?
Alzar wrote: » @feylya - is there conflict detection a eircom router? I don't think so?@Somanynames90 - first off I would change the dhcp scope on the router from 192.168.1.1 - 192.168.1.253 to something like 192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.120 You only have 9 pc's right? You don't need 250 odd ip address' available for 9 clients. Al.
Alzar wrote: » @feylya - is there conflict detection a eircom router? I don't think so?
Alzar wrote: » What is the card speed & duplex set to on the server? Do you have access to the switch? Al.
Alzar wrote: » What make is the switch, as a matter of interest? You have the latest drivers installed for the NIC too? First off!!!! I don't recommend doing this remotely !!!! You could try changing the NIC speed/duplex to Auto/Auto If the switch is hardcoded to something other than 100/Full, the card should perform better. If you do this, it will drop your remote connection, but it should come back & you will be able to reconnect. Al.
somanynames90 wrote: » I dont know the name of the switch sadly - why do u think its the speed (full / half etc)
Alzar wrote: » I took the info from your first/second post - can access the server sometimes but no problem accessing the internet through the router. "when i go to start and run and type \\server or \\192.168.1.1 it can either come up striaght away or it takes a long time to bring up the window with all the folders Some times This problem is very imtermiant but its happens with in minutes " We had a similar issue in work & it turned out to be a speed/duplex mismatch. I'm not trying to be smart assed here, but have a look at this:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duplex_mismatch It will explain it better than I could ever do. I certainly hope I'm not sending you off on a wild goose chase here, but your problem does sound so familiar to our problem. Al.
Alzar wrote: » So the NIC on the server was set to Auto/Auto. You've now set it to 100Mb/Full. Guess the thing to do now is to test the change. I suppose you'll have to wait until you're back in work. Remember if you need to undo the change, it will drop the NIC for a short time while it reconfigures itself. Will you update the thread with the results - good or bad? Ta! Al.
