Guest chigrboy Posted July 1, 2008 Posted July 1, 2008 I have a workgroup at a remote location that periodically, everyone gets disconnected from the server (at the same time) and work grinds to a halt. The only recourse is to reboot the server to get everyone working again. And... this has to be fixed pronto. Here's the rundown of the network: 1. The network is shared with other companies - we have or own gateway/internet connection (this is new as of yeasterday so this is not related). 2. Each company has 1 or more WorkGroup servers (no domain controllers) 3. We have 13 people in our workgroup 4. Our Server: Dell SC1430 (New) 4 GBs RAM Plenty of HD space Windows server 2003 R2 SP2 Is not running DHCP (DHCP provided by Other company's server) Installed apps: Syncs with main office using a 3rd party sync software (filerelication pro) Symantec antivirus software (Corporate V11) SonicWall VPN Client APC PowerChutes 5. Workstations: All Dell Precision (High end) Windows XP pro - Users say a noticable slow down occurs until finally, they can't connect. - All Sessions have been ended - CAN Ping the server when this occurs (both Ip and host name) - CAN remote desktop into server when this occurs - Nothing appears in the logs that would indicate a problem (besides lots of MASTER BROWSER elections). - I was logged into the server via remote desktop once when this occured. The only thing that I could see was that there was high network traffic and that point (higher then normal) could that have killed the connections and if yes - why? When I pullup performance monitor, the overall apperance of the server is that it is mostly under utilized ( Very low Page per sec, Disk queue length avg .110, Processor -not a factor) I'm almost out of ideas and this needs to be fixed as it's costing money in lost production, frustrated users in a stressful enviroment, job security (for me - losing footing!) Thanks for taking the time to read through this.
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