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by mark.chiampi

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I have a strange problem. I have a Domain with 3 servers (1 PDC & 2 BDC's). Occasionally, the PDC becomes unable to "see" the one BDC. When I view the Event Viewer on the BDC, I see Netlogon and Browsing errors that start when the problem occurs. Restarting the BDC does not solve the problem-- It can only see itself, and does not see the existance of the rest of the Domain. However, rebooting the PDC clears up the problem for a while. Any Suggestions?

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by s.spike

I know, I know. It's worth checking though.
Make sure that you have the latest NT Service Pack installed. This does cure some networking bugs within NT.
If so then check the IP address and name of the machine (if manually configured) for conflicts.

by mark.chiampi

Have SP6a, IP and Name is fine.
More info: The other BDC can browse and view files on the problem BDC. The PDC shows it in the Network Neighborhood, but cannot browse-- says connection not available. And the 2nd BDC sees nothing.

by joshg

I have a similar problem with my BDC that has to do with WINS and NetBios. The BDC records a conflict in its name cache that its PC name is not unique. I release the name cache and able to clear the problem up after downing WINS and deleting the databases then renaming the server temporarily. Then restart WINS and rename the server to its original name then sychronize the domain.

The problem is it will continue to occur once in a while. I may have missed something, but I hope that helps.

by mark.chiampi

I have more info-- It looks like this occurs after someone attaches to the PDC over our dial-in RAS.

by nhmorrison

Just a couple thoughts.
Can you try another NIC in the offender?
How about cycling power on the hub/switch?
Longshot..If you disconnect the network cable from the offender, can you still ping its address?

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