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  1. mwilliamsess

    Can't find DNS record!!

    I can ping computername 125217 and get a reply. The IP it replies from is on another computer 125096. There are entries in DNS for 125096 but not for 125217. 125217 is not a computer on out network and it not listed in AD. There are no hosts file with entries to 125217, no entries in DNS, or...
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    Need a script to map LPT1 for network printers

    I have these functions already setup and working: Function delPrint(pname) Set objNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network") confDel = msgbox ("Do you want to remove " & pname & " ?",vbYesNo) If confDel = 6 Then objNetwork.RemovePrinterConnection pname msgbox (pname & " Has Been...
  3. mwilliamsess

    Trying to add a message box to VBScript

    That worked! Thanks for your help.
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    Trying to add a message box to VBScript

    Set WshNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network") WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\server\printer" mkDef = msgbox ("Do you want HPLJ2200 to be your default printer?", 292, "Default Printer Status") If mkDef = 6 Then WshNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter msgbox ("Printer HPLJ2200...
  5. mwilliamsess

    Configuring DNS on two domain controllers

    We have two domain controllers on site both configured as DNS servers. Should each server be pointing to itself as the preferred DNS server? We have one server pointing to itself and the other DC pointing to it as the DNS.
  6. mwilliamsess

    Upgrading Active Directory domain functionality level

    I am wanting to upgrade from Windows 2000 native to Windows 2003 server. We have 3 domain controllers all running Windows 2003 server. We do have some other member servers running Windows 2000 server. I was thinking it wouldn't be a problem since all of our domain controllers are 2003. Is...
  7. mwilliamsess

    Using LDAP Browser ObjectGUID in AD seemed to be currupted

    Using the LDAP browser most user objects have an ObjectGUID similar to: 2A DE 03 B8 65 F9 C2 4B 81 79 71 88 A8 14 62 D9 Some users who experience problems on the network I have noticed have ObjectGUID of something similar to: q?:EC4\)^ It appears that this has been corrupted...
  8. mwilliamsess

    Ethereal results...

    Through 3COMs knowledge base I found that these switches send out a broadcast every second to this address because they support XRN. They also said it doesn't effect network performance but we are getting a lot of broadcast from these switches.
  9. mwilliamsess

    Ethereal results...

    I ran Ethereal on my PC and I am getting a tremendous amount of broadcast traffic from my 2 Layer 3 switches. They are 3COM 4950s are they are sending out arp broadcasts looking for 161.71.15.126 I don't know how to stop them from doing this but they are flooding the network with this traffic...
  10. mwilliamsess

    Very slow gigabit network...update on info

    I calculated the broadcast percentage on all of switches in our network. We have about 30 3Com switches. According to my caculations most of them are averaging 50% - 80% broadcast traffic except for our 2 layer 3 switches with have about 2% broadcast. I took the total amount of packets on...
  11. mwilliamsess

    Gigabit network is very slow..try to improve performance

    What are some good tools I can use to monitor the broadcast on our network. Our network just doesn't run fast at all. I noticed today that our switches are almost 2 years behind on software updates. I am trying to figure out where are problem is. I was planning on isolating different legs of...
  12. mwilliamsess

    Gigabit network is very slow..try to improve performance

    I have been working with this company for a few months now and I am trying to improve the network performance. The person who setup this network no longer works here. We are using 3 different subnets on our LAN. They are private 10.x.x.x with mask 255.255.255.0. We have about 20 servers and...

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