The problem has happened on at least 80% of the computers. The server is Windows 2003 Standard & has over 20 clients with Windows XP Pro. This problem is very random (as to what computer it occurs on), and happens at least 1-3 times each week.
Background:
The network used to have a Windows NT server; upgraded to Windows 2003 w/ a new system and created a new domain; gradually switched over computers to new domain name while at the same time replacing them with newer Windows 2003 Pro systems (old systems were Windows 2000 Pro). I don’t recall this problem happenning on the W2K systems. It started since adding the WinXP systems to the new domain, so it could be something in the default domain group policy, but not sure what.
Problem:
Computer A: problem system
Computers B-Z: work fine
Computer A can browse all network resources, access internet, ping all computers, etc. with no issues.
Computers B-Z can do the same as Computer A, except access Computer A on the network. They can’t ping it by the netbios name, nor the IP address. But, Computer A can browse them and ping them with IP and netbios name.
Temporary solution: The only way I have fixed this (only to have it reoccur again later, usually on a different system) is to remove the computer from the domain and re-add it. Just rebooting computer A doesn’t fix the issue.
Have tried the following:
-Remove 2nd DNS server from systems (ISP’s IP)
-Hibernation issue (disabled Wake on Lan & hibernation in Device Manager for the problem computer’s NIC)
-Flushed DNS cache
-Verified all network settings are correct
-All IPs are statically assigned, so release/renew is not optional
-problem computer can always ping and browse the server & clients, just not the other way around (including the server)
-all clients have same firewall settings (set by default domain group policy)
Any help would be appreciated. I’m am getting tired of having to re-add systems to the domain.
Thank you.
Troy
