Hello,

I'm new here and already start up with a problem.

 

I have installed Windows Server 2008RS 2 on a PC

running an AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core CPU with 4GB RAM.

 

The installation process worked like a charm, but

the trouble started at configurating the server.

 

During the first config. screen where the time zone and

other tasks are set up, I clicked to set up my network

configuration and there it started.

 

The onboard network controller won't recieve an IP from

the router (D-Link DIR 825). DHCP on the router is enabled.

 

I've already tried to set up a static IP, enabled/disabled the

Windows firewall, but nothing works.

 

What am I doing wrong?

The only thing I can tell you is to update drivers, this sounds like an incompatibility.

Hello,

 

I have updated the drivers to thge following

Windows Setup Installer (32- and 64-bit) for Yukon Controllers

File Name: setup_v11.43.1.3.zip

Date: May 26, 2011

Size: 2.1 megabytes

Description: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2, Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit) Windows Setup Installer

I still don't get an IP. I've pluged the cable into the moden and tried

to set up a pppoe connection. It didn't work either.

 

Perhaps I should try and re-instal 2008.

have you already tried to change the port on the switch / router? Just to be sure there's not a problem with that port...

 

When you set up a static IP, is it applied correctly? If you type ipconfig /all does it show the correct IP? Can you ping another client on the same network (without pass the router)?

I've tried all that.

 

I'm pretty sure that I have applied the static IP correctly.

ipconfig/all displays a 169. .. IP

 

I can't ping any other client in my network or on the Inet.

 

 

I might go and buy a NIC to try if that works, but since

I'm not sure what causes the problem I kinda don't want

to waste any money on it.

 

What would you suggest?

I assume your IP is 169.254.x.y which is an APIPA address (when DHCP is not available). if you set the ip address manually (for example 192.168.1.10) does it work?

No, I have also done that before.

Are there any services that I should

start or stop? I'm new to Server2008.

if you CANNOT set the static IP, and your don't have any error when you click "OK", so try to reinstall windows... but this is really really strange.

Strange indeed. Cost me lots of nervs already.

Will set it up again. See what happens.

Will post the result here.

 

Thanks for your help!!

I've reinstalet Win Server 2008 with the same result.

I've have also bought a network card, but it didn't work

either.

 

I took some screenshots

Here are the screenshots.

Open a command prompt and try the following:

 

(copyrights by microsoft technet)

 

To set a static IP address

 

At a command prompt, type the following:

 

netsh interface ipv4 show interfaces

 

Make a note of the number shown in the Idx column of the output for your network adapter. If your computer has more than one network adapter, make a note of the number corresponding to the network adapter for which you wish to set a static IP address.

 

At the command prompt, type:

 

netsh interface ipv4 set address name="" source=static address= mask= gateway=

 

Where:

 

ID is the number from step 2 above.

 

StaticIP is the static IP address that you are setting.

 

SubnetMask is the subnet mask for the IP address.

 

DefaultGateway is the default gateway.

 

At the command prompt, type:

 

netsh interface ipv4 add dnsserver name="" address=index=1

 

Where:

 

ID is the number from step 2 above.

 

DNSIP is the IP address of your DNS server.

It doens't want to work.

The default gateway matches with the one

from the router, but I get an error msg.

It doens't want to work.

The first step

 

"netsh interface ipv4 set address name="" source=static address= mask= gateway="

 

worked.

 

But at the second step I got this msg back

(see picture)

The error message indicates that "The configured DNS server is incorrect or missing". So, first things first, how is the IP address? Can you ping inside IP and outside IP addresses?

The DNS is a secondary problem.

 

Once you successfully ran the command "netsh interface ipv4 set address name="" source=static address= mask= gateway=" and you don't have any error message, what happens if you type IPCONFIG /ALL ? And if you try to ping your router (via IP)? And if you try to ping 8.8.8.8?

Good morning,

 

I have set up the PC for a third time and followed

your steps to the dot with pretty much the same results.

 

The PC isn't even in my local network, so a ping to my

router was unsuccessful. So was an outbound ping to Google.

Pinging 8.8.8.8 didn't bring any results either as the

screenshots show (I had reached my upload quota, so I removed

the other shots)

Wait, I think you don't have the proper routing in place...

 

from the server, type the following and post results:

 

route print

 

Unless you have a switch (programmable) from your server and your router, or another device that knows where is your router, I think you can't reach the router, it is on another network.

 

So first of all type this command:

 

route add 0.0.0.0 mask 0.0.0.0 IP_ROUTER (which is 168....)

 

Let me know.

Hello,

 

here are screenshots from the "route print".

 

I'm a bit confused about the "route add 0.0.0.0 mask 0.0.0.0 IP_ROUTER (which is 168....)" command.

I assume I'm not to change the 0.0.0.0, but add my routers IP after IP_ROUTER, correct?

Well, my router has the 192.168.0.1

 

Here is my network

 

VDSL modem-->router (D-LINK DIR 825)[one cable goes to my switch (D-LINK DGS-1008D), another cable to the Win 2008 server]

To the switch are connected

1 Desktop client

1 WHS server (ACER Easystore h340)

1 Laptop

1 NAS (Network Atteched Storage D-LINK DNS 320)

1 EPSON Network printer

1 switch (D-LINK)

 

to the 2nd switch are connected

1 Laptop

1 Media Streamer

 

All devices are working fine. They get their IP from the router via DHCP.

 

How can the Win 2008 not be in the same network?

Sorry, but I kinda don't feel like giving up, yet :-)

So, first issue this command:

 

route add 0.0.0.0 mask 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1

 

This will set the default route (default gw).

 

Now, once you can have the following situation from IPCONFIG:

 

ip: 192.168.0.120

mask: 255.255.255.0

gw: 192.168.0.1 (in reality this is not needed until you are on the same network).

 

Try to ping the following:

ping 192.168.0.120

ping 192.168.0.1

ping IP_Another_Client_On_Your_Network (for example the NAS)

 

If all are ok, try to ping 8.8.8.8

 

If not, please try the following:

Plug your server directly to one of your switches (just for a test), and try the DHCP.

 

 

Let me know.

Hello,

 

route add 0.0.0.0 mask 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1

worked

 

Ping 192.168.0.120

worked

 

Anything else didn't work. I couldn't ping any other

device in my network. I plugged the cable from the

router into the DSG-1008D and set the NIC to retrieve

IP automatically.

 

Now the IP is back to 169.254.167.234

 

I find this all very strange. What else could be the matter?

The only thing is a limitation in the router...

 

Try to connect another pc (notebook or other) which wasn't in your network before and try if this work.

 

Maybe the router has blacklisted / blocked the mac address or other...

Then the router would have blacklisted two NICs.

The one from the motherboard and the one I bought yesterday.

 

I've tried to ping the server directly from the router, but the ping failed.

 

It all seems pretty much hopeless :-(

 

I've just noticed,when I looked at the

"Netzwerkverbindungsdetails" that DHCP activated is set to NO

 

Could that have anything to do with it?

 

Oh, that is for automatically recieve IP from router, I guess.

DHCP activation is just to tell you if you received the address from DHCP or not.

 

Now my question is: Can you plug another client on the same port /location?

And the strange thing is the default GW... Where does it come from???

Nun brat mir einer nen Storch!

 

I have set up Win7 on the same PC using a second HDD (same model, same size+company)

 

And I still can't connect to my network. I have even used another cable (Cat6).

 

ipconig shows me the ip 169.254.224.107, but the subnet mask is 255.255.0.0

instead of 255.255.255.0

 

What's wrong with my network? It has to be the router, right?

I've also reseted my router, but without any sucess.