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by drbwaugh

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Anyone running a small business network out there may know something about this; running an 8 station network 7 clients one server. Win 2000 pro for the OS on all. Using SMC NAT router for moving 4 static IPs (cable modem to WAN port on Router) to various stations for use with Terminal Services as client.
PROBLEM: Apparently, synchronization between modem and router is lost on a daily basis; I can ping out to DNS , but connot browse the net. Network maintains fine. Tried replacing the router, new cables, checked config until the cows camew home--still the same problem. Getting the runaround between the cable provider and the router folks--just no results . Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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by ozmedia

hire somebody who knows what hes doing. Like me. I'm so fu%$^&g smatr that mobody is smarter. I'm the best. Everything I do is the best. I know everything. You know nothing compared to me.

by guruofdos

Oz Man has either been on the beer or he's having a bad day!

His best answer is actually to dump the OS's from all the machines, install W98 on a peer-2-peer network using BNC 10Base2 cards and coax, and hook up a Winmodem on the slowest PC and use that with Internet Connection sharing, preferably with AOL as the connection.

That should only take an hour to get working (including installing W98 on the 7 machines simultaneously - burn copies of the 98 CD and just use the same OEM code on all the machines....saves pissing around!) and then he can go down the pub and get bladered, safe in the knowledge that he will never be faced with another networking job ever again!

by tomsal

You use WFW 3.11 on the client, token ring 5 mb, then you want to use and old Hayes 300BAUD (yes I said BAUD damn it!) modem for your internet link to AOL.

;)

Don't forget to only use IPX as the protocol too! Very important.

by mrbill-

Yo Bruce. You might get better results if you post this in the Tech Q&A section. Less chance of getting the nasty burns on your hands from certain cretins posts.

by hal 9000

Recently I posted a question in the Q & A section and promptly got an answer and for the life of me I can't close the question down award the points or anything. I fill everything in and click on the right box and the screen promptly goes back to the original question. After 8 attempts I'm thinking about giving up as I'm fighting a loosing battle.

Actually how about this can I place a question here to find out how to close an existing question?

I know it sounds silly and I'm hoping it has something to do with the biggest ISP here being down but as they are now 90% fixed and I'm still having no joy I just don't know.

by drbwaugh

Thanks for the advice. And there do seem to be a large number of cretins out there. Amazing how they claim to be computeriterate but still havn't learned to spell...
Thanks

by hal 9000

They like me have been using computers for far too long and are now totally dependant on the Spell Checker so they just can't help themselves anymore.

I know that is true in my case anyway.

by mrbill-

The spelling is not that bad, there are a lot of highly intelligent people here and sometimes I think they are thinking faster than they can type. So sometimes a letter or two gets jumbled around, you have to read through that and look at the content. Besides that there are some jerks, but they too have some good things to say once in a while.

by guruofdos

Cheers Tom, thanks for the tips...I'll put them in my 'little black book' right away, lest I forget in future! B-)

I forgot to add...

Make sure the internet gateway is running on a 486 SX 25. This is the most stable processor ever made and WILL underclock to 20 MHz very nicely. That way, if the fan ever fails, your machine will carry on running. Personally I think that this is the most important part of the set up and MUST NOT be overlooked!

by oz_media

I did actually reply to the question in the Q&A forum before and though I couldn't pinpoint his problem I did offer a solution that worked in a Netware environment for me as something to look into.

The answer was accepted, though not deserved and I don't think I was rude in any way.

I think by now you know what's going on and I will resovle it shortly.

Also note the lack of Q&A points this individual has aquired.

by omie

Don't feel stupid....Sometimes it is just a simple one...

Looking at your post it looks like you have a cable modem. You mentioned that you have four static IP address.. Is that four static address are addresses given by the cable modem ?or it is just a private IP. Remember the cable modem usually only one port so how could you assign our ?

The one port from the cable modem connect it to the router wan port. That is where you do the NAT, the services that you need to enable. If they gave you static ip that IP should be assigned to the WAN side. and then on the lan side assign the static ip address the same subnet on your LAN and this IP will be used as a Gateway address.

It looks like your WAN ip is not static it might be a DHCP address coming from the Cable.

The other thing you will look into is the DHCP server. If you have a dhcp server in your lan it might happen that the router is also giving out IP.

by jemejordan

you said you replaced the router and new cables, but what about the Modem, DSL,CABle ? what are the specs ? has it been replaced ? Is there any software updates for the Moen and Router ?

Things to chew on !

by oz_media

I certainly hope you all understand that one of the Oz bashers is mimicking my old alias, I cannot apologize for the comments made.

Note that it is a differnt alias in that the space is missing.

I have contacted TR on this matter as well as others and it will be resolved shortly.

As for me, I'm sorry I can't offer help as I am an MCNE not an MCSE.

by mike richling

I never could do telephone support, because the users never seem to tell the whole story, or I never seem to ask the right questions.

Possible causes, if a cable modem, and is on an extension cord/shared powerbar then the DB signal strength might drop when another electrical device kicks in... (ensure modem is plugged into it's own receptical) and look for things happening around the office at the same time as the outage.

If it's a dialup service, I've had ISP's who've dropped the connection twice a day at 2 o'clock... doubt this would cause you this kind of problem.

Or you could have a bad router, which just likes to take a walk everyday. As a last resort, enable and check router logs to see what is happening.

Don't you hate it when no one can give you a straight answer?

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