My windows server 2000 network needs help?

Question

I have a Windows 2000 server with 4 XP Clients.
All the machines default to 169.254.x.x IP addresses.
(APIPA) and get DNS timeout errors when connecting to the internet. I try to get a DHCP lease I only get this IP address
0.0.0.0 There are two DHCP servers running on my network.
DNS database has just 1 record (itself).
WINS is on a different network and unavailable to any client.
No internet connection is available to any machine. DNS error previously mentioned.
I just want an overall opinion on if my network is properly configured. Or is my IT person incompetent?

Answer 1

Seems like your DHCP server may not be configured correctly, or does not have a connection to the 4 clients, b/c if DHCP was working correctly you would not be getting 169.254.x.x (APIPA) addresses on your clients. I'd look into that first.

Answer 2

Check your DHCP server.. first make sure your NIC card on your DHCP server is functional and that your cable is live (test this cable by connecting it to a laptop or so - if it works then proceed) .. Next if the NIC works then you know it has to do something with your DHCP server.



Check your DHCP scope and find out the policies you have in effect, how long are your leases, do you have enough IPs to go around? Are there exceptions (this is used for computers that run static IP so their IP doesnt get leased out to another client) ..



You can always reconfigure the DHCP server again. Dont worry too much about your DNS server for now but you might want to check up on it as well. Verify that the DHCP can connect to a site or at least try to ping or traceroute.



A poorly configured DHCP server can be hell for your company.



One last question, did you piss off the IT guy? HAHA..

Answer 3

Your IT person is useless, tell them to take up cooking (but don't eat the food). You can't have 2 dhcp servers on one network, 169.254 addresse arethe default when a mchine can't get a connection to dhcp. The dns configuration must also be incorrect.