WINDOWS 2000 SERVER DNS WINS DHCP INTERNET

[ncalvert]

Hello Everyone.

Problem:
Every morning when I come to work my Internet is down and my Windows 95 computers can not log in to the network. Windows 2000, XP, and 98 works fine. The 95 computers act like they can not resolve names (WINS) and will not log in. Remember my Internet does not work on ANY computers. To fix this problem I have to disable and re-enable my 2nd NIC (192.168.2.2) on my DC the runs DHCP, DNS, WINS every morning and the problem is resolved until the next day.

Network:
4 Windows 2000 servers, 2 Networks. Ok, here is the tricky part where the problem probably is. All my servers have 2 NIC’s in them. I have 2 NIC’s in them because of my backup system. I have an iSCSI backup system that runs 1 GIG on a separate network (switch). On my 2nd NIC’s in the server I have them configured as followed with DHCP:
IP-192.168.2.xxx
SUB-255.255.255.0
GW-192.168.2.1
DNS-192.168.2.2 (Server1)
WINS-192.168.1.2 (Server1)

On the first NIC in the server I have them configured as followed with DHCP (this is the network that I have over 100 workstations on):
IP-192.168.1.xxx
SUB-255.255.255.0
GW-192.168.1.1
DNS-192.168.1.2 (Server1)
WINS-192.168.1.2 (Server1)

Server1 - DHCP, DNS, WINS, and primary DC.
Server1 - 1st NIC 192.168.1.2, 2nd NIC 192.168.2.2
Firewall is my gateway

Please help. Thank you, Nick

 

[CPTjdc]

Your problem is most likely due to the fact that you have multiple gateways configured on your servers. You may have to add static routes for things to work properly. Please see the following article:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;159168

Good luck!