Had very similar difficulties as you, mine were more performance related (it would take 15 minutes to upload a 20 MB file to the server on a gigabit network!), occasionally the server would become completely unresponsive for 1/2 hour at a time but that was usually only after rebooting. After working with Dell tech support and trying a bunch of things, I decided to install an extra NIC and try that one (I was originally using the onboard Broadcom NICs in a teamed configuration). This resolved the performance issues completely.
The problem ended up being the Broadcom NICs (not sure if it's software or hardware problem). Quite simple to fix by installing an Intel NIC and using that instead.
I'll never again use a Broadcom NIC in a 2008 environment, burnt a lot of hours on that one. I'd suggest if you do use an additional NIC, disable the Broadcoms (or uninstall completely and disable the hardware in device manager).
Adam Marshall wrote:
it is the craziest thing, the nic's come live, and i can ping after itboots
26-Oct-09
it is the craziest thing, the nic's come live, and i can ping after it
boots when it is up to login. But the remote desktop does not work,
after login, it takes the OS a while to see the actual nics. They show
as disconnected. They are broadcom netxtreme nics. There is no control
program running on there. I disabled the nics and rebooted, and the OS
still acts crazy. This SBS has been a real PITA. Every time the SBS
console comes up, it querys for minutes and minutes, and while it does
this, the nics do not work. Eventually when it does finish, they come
live. When it IS working, the query only lasts for afew seconds.
Previous Posts In This Thread:
On Wednesday, October 07, 2009 3:08 AM
NeilH wrote:
Simple,Return it to Dell as faulty, let them sort out their problems!
Simple,
Return it to Dell as faulty, let them sort out their problems!
On Wednesday, October 07, 2009 8:45 AM
Anteaus wrote:
No1 cause of LAN intermittency is a buggy powersave feature:
http://mylogon.
No1 cause of LAN intermittency is a buggy powersave feature:
http://mylogon.net/support/psave/
Other than that, does the LAN card use some kind of specialist 'manager'
software or a conventional driver? (If you had to run a setup program instead
of just pointing Windows at an .inf, then that is likely) If it has special
software loaded, try removing it.
For all it costs I'd be inclined to bang-in an RTL8139 or similar PCI card
and see what happens. At least this might clinch where the trouble lies.
"Adam Marshall" wrote:
On Tuesday, October 13, 2009 8:40 AM
Bill Kearney wrote:
Which makes no sense.
Which makes no sense. If you can ping them from other hosts then the OS is
actively listening to them. Where they inactive you would not be able to
ping them.
What kind of network switch is involved? Have you tried using different
cabling to the switch? If it is in-wall cabling then try another wall jack
too.
Also consider fixing the port speed and duplex. it is been a while since
switches were known for this problem so it is not likely, but might be worth
trying.
And be sure the time and timezone are correct. Since it is SBS you probably
do not have another domain, correct? If you did and the time was off then
you could be having kerberos (active directory) time-based ticket problems.
-Bill Kearney
On Monday, October 26, 2009 9:49 PM
Adam Marshall wrote:
Microsoft SBS Server 2008 Standard Networking issues
Recently bought a Dell server with this OS, and every time it is
rebooted, the NIC's do not come live till you manually log into the
server, and it sits for 5-10 minutes. The server administrator MMC
that loads is stuck querying the system, and until that is done, the
NICS are dead, and the system is near unresponsive. I have reformatted
several times, and it keeps happening. Dell has no idea.... I need to
install this server SOON, any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
On Monday, October 26, 2009 9:49 PM
Adam Marshall wrote:
it is the craziest thing, the nic's come live, and i can ping after itboots
it is the craziest thing, the nic's come live, and i can ping after it
boots when it is up to login. But the remote desktop does not work,
after login, it takes the OS a while to see the actual nics. They show
as disconnected. They are broadcom netxtreme nics. There is no control
program running on there. I disabled the nics and rebooted, and the OS
still acts crazy. This SBS has been a real PITA. Every time the SBS
console comes up, it querys for minutes and minutes, and while it does
this, the nics do not work. Eventually when it does finish, they come
live. When it IS working, the query only lasts for afew seconds.
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