2 computers out of 50 can't access company website..help!

[markjrees]

We've got a network of 50 computers. all computers apart from 2 can access the company website. the two that can't have the same configuration (we believe) all the others.

also, the two that can't access the site have recently been formatted and XP Pro reinstalled.

all workstations are the same model and all run XP pro in a domain.

any ideas would be great!

 

[MikeT]

On one of the two pc's, ping the website by name and by ip address. Post the results.

 

[GlenJohnson]

We've got a network of 50 computers. all computers apart from 2 can access the company website

What do you get, page not found? Have the two that have been formatted have the same version of IE installed? Try an ipconfig /all on a good machine and a problem machine and see if there is a difference.

Glen A. Johnson
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[markjrees]

Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : ch

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : markjrees.co.uk

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : markjrees.co.uk

co.uk



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-56-61-93-EC

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.254.33

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.254.199

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.254.99

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.254.99

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 18 June 2004 14:16:00

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 26 June 2004 14:16:00


Only difference between my output (above) and a working computer is the NODE TYPE section. all of our other workstations have HYBRID in here.

 

[GlenJohnson]

Only difference between my output (above) and a working computer is the NODE TYPE section. all of our other workstations have HYBRID in here

Can you change this in the registry?

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[bcastner]

Open a notepad session as node.reg, and copy paste the below into the session:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters]
"NodeType"=dword:00000001

Save the file and double-click to merge the contents with the registry. This sets a Hybrid node type. Reboot to see the change.

But honestly the node type has nothing to do with resolving an IE web page.

See if there is a HOSTS file entry on the working machines pointing at the company web site.

 

[bcastner]

*** Pardon, wrong node value above. Corrected:

Open a notepad session as node.reg, and copy paste the below into the session:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters]
"NodeType"=dword:00000008

Save the file and double-click to merge the contents with the registry. This sets a Hybrid node type. Reboot to see the change.

 

[GlenJohnson]

What do you see in Network Neighborhood. Can you see the domain server from the problem machines, and can the server see the problem machines?

Glen A. Johnson
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