Intermittent Network problem...

We have a Windows 2k network. We have one old NT4 domain, and a new Windows 2k
domain. (We started making the switch last winter, and haven't completed it
yet.) Both my logon and PC are on the new domain.

I use a Gateway "E" series PC, P4 @2.6GHz, 1.25GB RAM, XP Pro, SP1, latest
patches as of this past Monday(?).

For months I've had this intermittent problem, which may not occur for weeks.
(This was a real PITA about a year ago, as it occurred multiple times PER DAY.
Recently, haven't had this problem in about a week.)

This morning [early] I rebooted my machine, don't recall why. Everything
normal. Went to lunch about 13:30, got back to my PC about 14:45. I had left
MS Access open, but my PC locked. (I have a UPS.)

When I got back to it, and sat down, I tried checking my email. I couldn't
communicate with our email server (current version of Exchange). I went to a
system prompt and tried pinging our AS/400. And just as usual, when this
problem appears, I couldn't ping the 400. I tried pinging our old Data General.
Couldn't get a response from it either. I couldn't communicate with ANYTHING on
the network.

I tried "ipconfig /renew". Windows didn't like this. So I tried "ipconfig
/release" first. This release was successful. But the renew? Nope. This is
what I got:

------
15:23:00.43
C:\
> ipconfig /renew

Windows IP Configuration

An error occurred while renewing interface Local Area Connetion : unable to
contact your DHCP server. Request has timed out.

15:24:12.89
C:\
>
------

So I shut my PC down, then powered back up and everything was okay.....

So there *was* never any *network* problem. It was just my PC.

Anyone want to hazard a guess as to what *might* be going on? I've never
installed XP from scratch [on this machine]. I don't want to go thru all that,
but this seems to be the answer I get from around here when I mention this
problem. (I just took the machine as it was delivered to me, "out of the box"
as it were.)

Any thoughts/suggestions would be welcome. Thanks in advance,

Tom


Tcs

Check the system log using the event veiwer and see
if there are any clues. Also, it may be a typo but is
there any reason you are not running SP2.

"Tcs" <TSmithATEastPointCityDOTorg@> wrote in message news:
> We have a Windows 2k network. We have one old NT4 domain, and a new
> Windows 2k
> domain. (We started making the switch last winter, and haven't completed
> it
> yet.) Both my logon and PC are on the new domain.
>
> I use a Gateway "E" series PC, P4 @2.6GHz, 1.25GB RAM, XP Pro, SP1, latest
> patches as of this past Monday(?).
>
> For months I've had this intermittent problem, which may not occur for
> weeks.
> (This was a real PITA about a year ago, as it occurred multiple times PER
> DAY.
> Recently, haven't had this problem in about a week.)
>
> This morning [early] I rebooted my machine, don't recall why. Everything
> normal. Went to lunch about 13:30, got back to my PC about 14:45. I had
> left
> MS Access open, but my PC locked. (I have a UPS.)
>
> When I got back to it, and sat down, I tried checking my email. I
> couldn't
> communicate with our email server (current version of Exchange). I went
> to a
> system prompt and tried pinging our AS/400. And just as usual, when this
> problem appears, I couldn't ping the 400. I tried pinging our old Data
> General.
> Couldn't get a response from it either. I couldn't communicate with
> ANYTHING on
> the network.
>
> I tried "ipconfig /renew". Windows didn't like this. So I tried
> "ipconfig
> /release" first. This release was successful. But the renew? Nope.
> This is
> what I got:
>
> ------
> 15:23:00.43
> C:\
> > ipconfig /renew
>
> Windows IP Configuration
>
> An error occurred while renewing interface Local Area Connetion : unable
> to
> contact your DHCP server. Request has timed out.
>
> 15:24:12.89
> C:\
> >
> ------
>
> So I shut my PC down, then powered back up and everything was okay.....
>
> So there *was* never any *network* problem. It was just my PC.
>
> Anyone want to hazard a guess as to what *might* be going on? I've never
> installed XP from scratch [on this machine]. I don't want to go thru all
> that,
> but this seems to be the answer I get from around here when I mention this
> problem. (I just took the machine as it was delivered to me, "out of the
> box"
> as it were.)
>
> Any thoughts/suggestions would be welcome. Thanks in advance,
>
> Tom

1.) Log entries:

12/8/05
-------
14:31 Warning W32Time Time Provider NtpClient: No valid response has been
received from domain controller itsvrdc1.EastPointCity.org after 8 attempts to
contact it. This domain controller will be discarded...
14:31 Error W32Time The time provider NtpClient is configured to acquire
time from one or more time sources, however none of the sources are currently
accessible. No attempt to contact a source will be made for 15 minutes.
14:47 Warning W32Time The time provider NtpClient was unable to find a domain
controller to use as a time source. NtpClient will try again in 30 minutes.
14:27 Error W32Time The time provider NtpClient is configured to acquire
time from one or more time sources, however none of the sources are currently
accessible. No attempt to contact a source will be made for 29 minutes.
14:47 Warning W32Time The time provider NtpClient was unable to find a domain
controller to use as a time source. NtpClient will try again in 60 minutes.
14:47 Error W32Time The time provider NtpClient is configured to acquire
time from one or more time sources, however none of the sources are currently
accessible. No attempt to contact a source will be made for 59 minutes.

15:22 Warning Dhcp Your computer was not able to renew its address from
the network (from the DHCP Server) for the Network Card with network address
000CF199349A. The following error occurred:
The semaphore timeout period has expired. . Your computer will continue to try
and obtain an address on its own from the network address (DHCP) server.
15:23 Warning DnsApi The system failed to update and remove host (A)
resource records (RRs) for network adapter
with settings:

Adapter Name : {396445DD-2442-4198-8F5B-776973526527}
Host Name : IT-DBAdmin
Primary Domain Suffix : EastPointCity.org
DNS server list :
X.X.0.100, X.X.0.101, X.X.1.10, X.X.1.12
Sent update to server : X.X.1.1
IP Address(es) :
X.X.1.95

The reason the update request failed was because of a system problem. For
specific error code, see the record data displayed below.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 51 27 00 00 Q'..

15:24 Warning Dhcp Your computer has automatically configured the IP
address for the Network Card with network address 000CF199349A. The IP address
being used is 169.254.185.47.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 00 00 00 00 ....

15:24 Warning W32Time The time provider NtpClient was unable to find a domain
controller to use as a time source. NtpClient will try again in 15 minutes.
15:24 Error W32Time The time provider NtpClient is configured to acquire
time from one or more time sources, however none of the sources are currently
accessible. No attempt to contact a source will be made for 14 minutes.
NtpClient has no source of accurate time.

I rebooted my machine.

2.) Typo? No. I have not yet installed SP2. I guess it's been out long
enough now that I *should*, but just because a SP is released is no reason for
me to go install it right away. I like to let others "work the kinks out".

Tom

On Thu, 8 Dec 2005 17:10:34 -0500, "Michael Giorgio - MS MVP"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Check the system log using the event veiwer and see
>if there are any clues. Also, it may be a typo but is
>there any reason you are not running SP2.
>