Server not accepting new connections

I'm hoping somebody can shed some light on a strange problem we've
been experiencing. We have 2 AD servers in our environment, one of
them also hosts user's home drive.

The server that also hosts the home drives has 'crashed' a couple
times lately. It basically stops accepting any new connections, but
still responds to ping requests. I've been connected at the time via
RDP and everything on the server seems fine. However, if I close the
RDP connection and attempt to reconnect the connection just hangs.

The only solution has been to restart the server, after which it works
fine. Any ideas on the cause would be greatly appreciated.

Any errors in the event viewer?

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Shads79" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed) oups.com...
I'm hoping somebody can shed some light on a strange problem we've
been experiencing. We have 2 AD servers in our environment, one of
them also hosts user's home drive.

The server that also hosts the home drives has 'crashed' a couple
times lately. It basically stops accepting any new connections, but
still responds to ping requests. I've been connected at the time via
RDP and everything on the server seems fine. However, if I close the
RDP connection and attempt to reconnect the connection just hangs.

The only solution has been to restart the server, after which it works
fine. Any ideas on the cause would be greatly appreciated.

On May 14, 11:11 am, "Robert L [MVP - Networking]"
<nore...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Any errors in the event viewer?
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting onhttp://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access onhttp://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "Shads79" <wayne.mee...@sheffield.co.nz> wrote in messagenews:(E-Mail Removed) ooglegroups.com...
> I'm hoping somebody can shed some light on a strange problem we've
> been experiencing. We have 2 AD servers in our environment, one of
> them also hosts user's home drive.
>
> The server that also hosts the home drives has 'crashed' a couple
> times lately. It basically stops accepting any new connections, but
> still responds to ping requests. I've been connected at the time via
> RDP and everything on the server seems fine. However, if I close the
> RDP connection and attempt to reconnect the connection just hangs.
>
> The only solution has been to restart the server, after which it works
> fine. Any ideas on the cause would be greatly appreciated.

No, unfortunately I can't see anything that would indicate a problem
in any of the event logs.

Try to run dcdiag and netdiag to check any errors.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Shads79" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed) ps.com...
On May 14, 11:11 am, "Robert L [MVP - Networking]"
<nore...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Any errors in the event viewer?
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting onhttp://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access onhttp://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "Shads79" <wayne.mee...@sheffield.co.nz> wrote in messagenews:(E-Mail Removed) ooglegroups.com...
> I'm hoping somebody can shed some light on a strange problem we've
> been experiencing. We have 2 AD servers in our environment, one of
> them also hosts user's home drive.
>
> The server that also hosts the home drives has 'crashed' a couple
> times lately. It basically stops accepting any new connections, but
> still responds to ping requests. I've been connected at the time via
> RDP and everything on the server seems fine. However, if I close the
> RDP connection and attempt to reconnect the connection just hangs.
>
> The only solution has been to restart the server, after which it works
> fine. Any ideas on the cause would be greatly appreciated.

No, unfortunately I can't see anything that would indicate a problem
in any of the event logs.