Troubleshooting: Windows Server Connectivity Issues

It’s most common scenario observed with Windows 2003 Servers where you wouldn’t be able to connect to the server as well as server can’t connect to the network apart being able to ping itself Check the NIC cable status: Connected properly, showing Green indicators, patched to the proper Vlan switch port PING Command: Check the ping command responses/results TRACERT Command: Check to know route to the server IPCONFIG Command: verify that default gateway and subnet masks are fine IPCONFIG /RENEW Command: If using DNS, trying renewing the IP address ROUTE PRNT Command:

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How to reset “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” in Windows Server 2003

SUMMARY If you click the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) entry in the This connection uses the following items list that is displayed in the Local Area Connection properties, you may notice that the Uninstall button is unavailable (disabled). This behavior occurs because the Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) stack is a core component of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and cannot be removed. In some scenarios, you may want to reinstall TCP/IP to return the TCP/IP stack to its original state. You can use the Netsh.exe utility to reset the TCP/IP stack to the same conciliation that it was when you first […]

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How to remove and reinstall TCP/IP on a Windows Server 2003 domain controller

SUMMARY This article describes how to remove and then reinstall TCP/IP and Winsock on a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller. When you troubleshoot an issue, you may suspect that a TCP/IP or a Winsock related component is either corrupted or damaged. Therefore, you may try to remove TCP/IP and all related components, including registry entries. However, you may discover that you cannot finish this operation. The following procedure describes how to remove and then reinstall TCP/IP on a Windows Server 2003-based domain controller. Important notes We recommend that you follow the steps in Microsoft Knowledge Base article 317518 if you […]

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