Computer Head
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2000 professional computer (workstation/client)
IP address: 10.0.0.3 [B]First two octets are 10.0[/B]
Subnet Mask: 255.0.0.0
Default Gateway: Nothing
DHCP server: 10.10.1.1 [B]same as server[/B]
DNS servers: 10.10.1.1 [B]same as server[/B]
(A couple lines above the IP address, for DHCP Enabled, it says Yes) [B]DHCP is received from server[/B]
2000 server computer (server)
IP address: 10.10.1.1 [B]First two octets are 10.10[/B]
Subnet Mask: 255.0.0.0
Default Gateway: Nothing
DNS servers: 127.0.0.1 [B]The server is the DNS server, that address is called a loopback[/B]
(A couple lines above the IP address, for DHCP Enabled, it says No) [B]Server has static IP[/B]
OK, I'm sorry if I am confusing you. Hopefully my annotations will help. I believe your communication problem is because of the difference between the first two octets of each IP address. Your workstation, which receives its address from the server (DHCP Server) has an address of 10.0.0.3. Although, the server has an address of 10.10.1.1. The first two octets of each address are different. That's most likely your problem. So on the server (the computer running Windows 2000 Server with the address that is current 10.10.1.1), change the IP address to 10.0.0.1. Keep the subnet mask the same (to match the network), and if you need to specify a DNS server, keep it at 127.0.0.1 so it looks back at itself for DNS. The server is also a DHCP server and a DNS server (default roles), so making the IP address match the "scheme" by setting it to 10.0.0.1 should help with communication. If certain circumstances require that the server needs to keep the 10.10.*.* range, then the scope in the DHCP manager on the server need to be adjusted. Hopefully this helps. Plain and simple, change the server IP address to 10.0.0.1 to match the other workstation.
Computer Head said:Most likely your problem resides that the subnet is different on the two computers. I'd imagine if you set a static IP on the workstation for 10.10.1.2, a subnet of 255.0.0.0, and DNS server to 10.10.1.1. Try that and see if it helps.
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