I have seen flaky or corrupt WINS servers cause this exact problem. Install
WINS on another server and shut down your existing one. There are
procedures you can run to rebuild the WINS servers, look on Technet for the
instructions.
>From: "Kane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: "Kane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Croyle, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Strange Problem.
>Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 03:14:03 +1200
>
>Of course assuming that this is an environment that suffers from not having
>a Push\Pull Wan link over WINS and using a half dead PDC ,
>seems more like a peer to peer problem as I see it , knowing what NOS is
>involved, and how it's being implemented would make the diagnosis easier.
>I wonder if part of it's Win98SE , I've seen that before just quietly ,
>
>Rgrds
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Croyle, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 11:19 PM
>Subject: RE: Strange Problem.
>
>
> > We encountered the same problem in our network a while ago. It had to
>do
> > with WINS and a sporadic WAN link, I am tending to agree along the lines
>of
> > Nigel below, but look toward your primary and secondary WINS server. If
>you
> > don't have a secondary, get one. :-)
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nsamuel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 6:50 AM
> > To: net974 at Yahoo; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Strange Problem.
> >
> >
> > Is this a Windows environment? IS it happening on one computer or all
> > clients? Could possibly be your master browser is not stable, when see
>if
> > you can determine which computer is the master, usually the PDC, and see
>if
> > it is stable.
> >
> > Nigel
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: net974 at Yahoo <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 1:11 AM
> > Subject: Strange Problem.
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm facing a strang problem in my network. Suddenly all the computer
> > disapper from the network neghibour hood, but when I ping the system
>they
> > respond back. After some time all the thing come back to normal. all
>system
> > then available in the network.
> > What could be the reason for this how i can sort it out.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> >
> > Gm
> >
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