Cant access Win2k Server

[axslinger]

Greetings,<br>I recently installed a Win2K Server.&nbsp;&nbsp;Its a domain controller using Active directory.&nbsp;&nbsp;Its also the only server on a small LAN.&nbsp;&nbsp;I had originally prepped it at my office and checked out everything from a Windows 98 workstation.&nbsp;&nbsp;The following day I took it to the client's site, hooked everything up but couldn't see it or log on from any workstation.&nbsp;&nbsp;It kept saying &quot;A domain controller could not be found...&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp;I couldn't even Ping it...But, when I started one of the LAN troubleshooting tools on the server and captured packets, it could see pings coming from a workstation, but wouldn't respond.&nbsp;&nbsp;The packets clearly showed which IP the pings were coming from etc.&nbsp;&nbsp;I fought with this thing for hours.&nbsp;&nbsp;Two workstations on the same switch could see each other fine.<br>So on a whim I went into Remote Access and configured the server to be a router on the Lan.&nbsp;&nbsp;And al of a sudden, everything was working.&nbsp;&nbsp;None of it made any sense.&nbsp;&nbsp;The server and 2 workstations were in the same room plugged directly into the switch.<br>The next day I went back, disabled Remote Access and Routing and it kept on working.&nbsp;&nbsp;And it's still working.&nbsp;&nbsp;Can anybody shed any light on this subject?<br><br>Thanks,<br>Brian

 

[xcell]

what switch do you have? is spanning tree enabled?