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by kashmeir63

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Hi,
I have a windows nt4.0 environment.
I just added a server to the network. With all the right ip addresses. I'm only able to see it from 1 other server on the network the rest of the servers are unable to see it(ping it)....
What could be the possible cause of this?
Any help would be appreciated

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by olisao55

Do you have a WINS server? This is very important to have for name resolution. If this new server is 2000, than you may need wins. You could also try to look at your reservations for DHCP. If you can not see it from backup or primary domian controllers, you could have assigned an address that is already in the DHCP pool. I don't know for sure if that would make a diff, but it is worth a shot. Try to also switch NIC's, check to make sure that all of the proper protocols are loaded (defaults, Client for ms networks, TCP/ip) Completely remove TCP/IP and reload it, change IP addresses,

by jp.

Have you checked your network settings. Is the server that you can see from on the same subnet and the others behind another router?

Another thing is the settings on the NIC. Some hubs can not auto swithch between a 10 and 100 base card. If your other servers are old they may be 10 baseT while the new one is 100. The old hub can not deal with it.

The killer is the ping. If you can not ping then it is nothing to do with the domain settup but everything to do with network setup.

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