Also, this sounds like a more serious problem being that users cannot access the internet and/or send/receive mail. Maybe a bad network card. Can you ping your default gateway? Can you ping an outside internet address?
-----Original Message----- From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 2:21 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Urgent Help Needed smtp causing srv to slow right down Perhaps a DNS or default gateway configuration issue? > -----Original Message----- > From: roger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 2:01 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Urgent Help Needed smtp causing srv to slow right down > > > Hi, I have a small domain consisting of One Server as > Follows: Windows 2000 with SP2 Exchange 2000 with SP2 Domain > Controller Norton Anti virus for 2k Norton Anti virus for Exchange 2k > > Connected to 256k Lease line to internet and around 30 > clients on the LAN. > > The server has been fully working for the last 6 months with > no problems at all. > > Today all of a sudden the server stopped sending and > receiving mail, and users complained they could not access > the internet or their mail via the exchange server, after > deep diags i found that : > > 1, If i disconnect the Nic cable from the server all clients can > re-browse the web and the lan speed is ok. > > 2, I have also found that if i stop the SMTP service on the server > everything becomes ok again, but no mail. > > Can anyone put any light on this, if so please call or mail me ASAP. > > Thanks > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > or > 07956 200 254 London. > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]