Guest Chris White Posted September 27, 2007 Posted September 27, 2007 Server: Windows 2003 Server hosting DFS Targets. I have set the primary NIC to manually assigned TCP/IP Settings. I changed the Gateway from my SBS2003 server, to the master Layer3 Switch. But for some reason it keeps wanting to change back to the SBS server. Very annoying as this stops DFS talking across the VLAN's on the switch (blocked by ISA2004 on the SBS). It works fine when i've set it, then for some reason like a new remote desktop to that server, it sets the Gateway back to the SBS. It also resets when I reboot the server. This is when I hate things being done for me by Windows. I want something set, and I want it for a reason. It shouldn't be the case that the Software knows better in user-configuration circumstances. I tried running batch files in the startup folder but they never counter-acted the gateway change. How can i set these settings on the NIC, in stone so they wont change no matter what Windows says? Its causing me real headaches. Thanks. -- Chris White United Kingdom
Guest Chris White Posted September 27, 2007 Posted September 27, 2007 RE: Manual NIC Settings Not Sticking? Forgot to add. I updated the Router object in the DHCP Scope Settings, so all users now applying for DHCP IP's, get a Gateway IP of the switch not the SBS first. This works great. But the Server in question, doesn't get a dynamic address from the DHCP so for whatever reason it chooses the SBS as default gateway. It remains over-ridden for a while but if the connection is lost and restored, the server is restarted or a new remote desktop into the server is initiated, it sets itself back to the SBS gateway!! Grrr. -- Chris White United Kingdom "Chris White" wrote: > Server: Windows 2003 Server hosting DFS Targets. > > I have set the primary NIC to manually assigned TCP/IP Settings. > > I changed the Gateway from my SBS2003 server, to the master Layer3 Switch. > But for some reason it keeps wanting to change back to the SBS server. > > Very annoying as this stops DFS talking across the VLAN's on the switch > (blocked by ISA2004 on the SBS). It works fine when i've set it, then for > some reason like a new remote desktop to that server, it sets the Gateway > back to the SBS. It also resets when I reboot the server. > > This is when I hate things being done for me by Windows. I want something > set, and I want it for a reason. It shouldn't be the case that the Software > knows better in user-configuration circumstances. > > I tried running batch files in the startup folder but they never > counter-acted the gateway change. > > How can i set these settings on the NIC, in stone so they wont change no > matter what Windows says? Its causing me real headaches. > > Thanks. > -- > Chris White > United Kingdom
Guest ikaikaokaina Posted September 27, 2007 Posted September 27, 2007 RE: Manual NIC Settings Not Sticking? "Chris White" wrote: > Server: Windows 2003 Server hosting DFS Targets. > > I have set the primary NIC to manually assigned TCP/IP Settings. > > I changed the Gateway from my SBS2003 server, to the master Layer3 Switch. > But for some reason it keeps wanting to change back to the SBS server. > > Very annoying as this stops DFS talking across the VLAN's on the switch > (blocked by ISA2004 on the SBS). It works fine when i've set it, then for > some reason like a new remote desktop to that server, it sets the Gateway > back to the SBS. It also resets when I reboot the server. > > This is when I hate things being done for me by Windows. I want something > set, and I want it for a reason. It shouldn't be the case that the Software > knows better in user-configuration circumstances. > > I tried running batch files in the startup folder but they never > counter-acted the gateway change. > > How can i set these settings on the NIC, in stone so they wont change no > matter what Windows says? Its causing me real headaches. > > Thanks. > -- > Chris White > United Kingdom Hello Chris, I'm experiencing a similar problem with Win2K3 R2. In my case, I've got the Windows 2003 server running as a DHCP server. I entered in static IP/subnet/gateway/DNS settings but the manual settings always revert back to DHCP for some reason. I've done a bit of searching and haven't noticed many postings with people having issues with the NIC settings not sticking. I hope someone on the newsgroup has some idea what's going on. Thanks.
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