Networking
Two Network Cards (NIC’s) in a Windows XP machine connecting to two different subnets
I had a customer recently wanting to setup a new Ricoh multifunction colour printer on their network. The problem is they are connected wirelessly to another tenants network for Internet access and the new printer only has USB and Ethernet connections.
As they had old cabling installed in the wall that terminated back to just a [...]
Turning off Use Default Gateway on VPN connections
There is nothing more frustrating than setting up a VPN connection on Windows XP or Windows Vista and having not only the traffic you want to go over the VPN (i.e. Outlook, Network connections etc) but also the stuff you don’t want such as accessing websites.
If you have a fast internet connection however the site [...]
The case of the rogue DHCP server and using DHCPLOC
Recently a customer asked me to troubleshoot a strange problem with their DHCP server service on the main Windows 2003 Server shutting down randomly. At first it wasn’t that much of a problem as most of their leases were 14 days, so quite often it would be down and not noticed for days.
It was only [...]