Internet Connection Sharing Help???

[mjb2727]

First of all, let me say I am new to networking.

I have a very simple ethernet setup: 1 Win 2000 server, several nodes. There is one thing different though... I couldn't get any modem to work in my server (still don't know why) so I set up a separate computer for the internet connection. It is connected to the network through the server just like all the others. I am using internet connection sharing. It connects just fine, and all of the computers can access the internet, but occassionally - it seems to be random - all the client computers and the server will lose the connection. The dial-up machine is still connected and can still view web pages and send and receive data, but all the other machines are disconnected. Any ideas?

MJB

 

[Guest_imported]

Do all the other machines stay disconnected or do they seem to hang up for a while and then pick up the connection?

Might check microsoft tech. Saw something in there somewhere about using TCP/IP for both LAN and dialup applications on the same machine causing an intermittent hangup. Also, unbind all protocols you're not using from the NIC's and the modem.

Dennis

 

[mjb2727]

Sometimes they pick up the connection again, but, most of the time, they stay disconnected.