Can't Ping 2003 Server

[lasergecko]

I upgraded one of my machines to 2003 server and now I can't ping it. I can surf the internet with the w2k3 machine. The 2k3 machine is assigned a static IP.

Is there a security setting somewhere that controls this?

 

[Goosemaster]

it is a default install, it should allow pings.

Can you COMMUNICATE in any other fashion from Clients to server.

Assuming that this is also your DHCP/DNS or just your DNS server, set every clients PC's DNS IP to that of the server'. On the server, set it's DNS to its own as well.

Then create a foward lookup to your ISP's DNS servers.


Also, how are your other PCs? What is your configuration, and can they connect to the internet?

 

[lasergecko]

This machine is not a DHCP server currently. I have checked and made sure that Internet connection firewall is off.

In IPconfig there are two things that are possibly indications that there is something abnormal:
Node Type: Unknown
IP routing enabled: Yes

In Event Viewer I found the following Error: IGMP could not join the multicast group 239.255.255.250 on the local interface with IP address <IP address of server adapter omitted>. The date is the error code.
The source of the error is IGMPv2.

What does that mean?


I can surf the internet with the server and I can ping other machines with the server. All the machines on the network are connected to a single switch.

RRAS is installed by default and is still configured as originally installed by windows. I stopped the RRAS service but was still NOT able to ping the machine.

Any Ideas?

 

[theluke]

Hi,
I have the very same problem, did u solve your problem in the end?
Please contact me at luca.email@email.it, any help would be appreciated!

 

[lasergecko]

Yes, it turned out that RRAS was running and server was routing the IP packets instead of recieving them. If when you run ipconfig /all, it says IP routing enabled then you'll need to either stop the RRAS service or change the settings.