Hello all,
I have been reading through this forum because I am at my wits end and and hoping that someone can shed some light on my situation. Last week I set up SBS2003 on PC; a workstation but a fairly heavy duty workstation. First I added a second network adapter per the instructions I had read and started the install. The software seemed to load fine, after I figured out that I needed a RAID driver which I downloaded and added from a floppy at Windows set up.
Anyway, everythig seemed fine. I started configuring the server and things were rolling along, I entered all of the static IP information I received from Cox Internet after I upgraded to their business service and started to run the Configure E-mail and Internet Connection Wizard and BOOM my static IP settings, seemingly, chenged themselves. The default gateway disappeared. The alternate DNS setting disappeared and, oddly, the primary DNS is changed to match the static IP address and, obviously, the network connection in lost. I can go in to the NIC settings, repopulate the numbers and get back on the internet UNTIL I run the Configure E-mail and Internet Connection Wizard again, at which point it all happens again.
I have not yet been able to add any workstations to the domain, which I am guessing is related to the above. I also came across the following error in the Event Viewer:
The DNS server has encountered a critical error from the Active Directory. Check that the Active Directory is functioning properly. The extended error debug information (which may be empty) is "". The event data contains the error.
And this message:
The DNS server list of restricted interfaces does not contain a valid IP address for the server computer. The DNS server will use all IP interfaces on the machine.
Use the DNS manager server properties, interfaces dialog, to verify and reset the IP addresses the DNS server should listen on. For more information, see "To restrict a DNS server to listen only on selected addresses" in the online Help.
What do I need to do? Has anyone else ever seen anything like this? PLEASE help...I will offer bribes, food, whatever..just PLEASE help =).
I have been reading through this forum because I am at my wits end and and hoping that someone can shed some light on my situation. Last week I set up SBS2003 on PC; a workstation but a fairly heavy duty workstation. First I added a second network adapter per the instructions I had read and started the install. The software seemed to load fine, after I figured out that I needed a RAID driver which I downloaded and added from a floppy at Windows set up.
Anyway, everythig seemed fine. I started configuring the server and things were rolling along, I entered all of the static IP information I received from Cox Internet after I upgraded to their business service and started to run the Configure E-mail and Internet Connection Wizard and BOOM my static IP settings, seemingly, chenged themselves. The default gateway disappeared. The alternate DNS setting disappeared and, oddly, the primary DNS is changed to match the static IP address and, obviously, the network connection in lost. I can go in to the NIC settings, repopulate the numbers and get back on the internet UNTIL I run the Configure E-mail and Internet Connection Wizard again, at which point it all happens again.
I have not yet been able to add any workstations to the domain, which I am guessing is related to the above. I also came across the following error in the Event Viewer:
The DNS server has encountered a critical error from the Active Directory. Check that the Active Directory is functioning properly. The extended error debug information (which may be empty) is "". The event data contains the error.
And this message:
The DNS server list of restricted interfaces does not contain a valid IP address for the server computer. The DNS server will use all IP interfaces on the machine.
Use the DNS manager server properties, interfaces dialog, to verify and reset the IP addresses the DNS server should listen on. For more information, see "To restrict a DNS server to listen only on selected addresses" in the online Help.
What do I need to do? Has anyone else ever seen anything like this? PLEASE help...I will offer bribes, food, whatever..just PLEASE help =).
