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Introduction to the Microsoft IPSec Diagnostic Tool
The Microsoft IPSec Diagnostic Tool can help its users troubleshoot IPSec-related issues on a system.  It also captures non-IPSec parameters like system data, network interface, group policy, and Windows services like NAP, firewall, RRAS, Wireless, Read More...
How to test the BITS client on your machine?
Now let’s look at a series of Bitsadmin commands used to create a BITS job and download a file. These commands are used to test the BITS client side and verify it works. 1. Create a download job called bitstest by typing the following in the directory Read More...
Intermittent file sharing connectivity from various clients to a Windows Server 2008 server
Issue In recent weeks we have seen a number of cases with intermittent file sharing connectivity to Windows Server 2008 servers. I wanted to get this information out so that people who may be experiencing the issue won't have to spend a lot of time tracking Read More...
New Networking-related KB articles for the week of June 21 - June 26
953730   The netsh command cannot start the PNRP Machine Name Publication Service on a Windows Server 2008-based computer 952899   Event IDs 1018 and 1020 appear in the Application log after you remove the SNMP service on a Windows Server 2008-based Read More...
New Networking-related KB articles for the week of June 14 - June 20
952790   An application is unable to obtain an exclusive lock to a volume after the system runs for several hours in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Vista Service Pack 1 953270   After a Windows Vista-based computer resumes from hibernation, Read More...
Steps to move a DHCP database from a Windows Server 2003 or 2008 to another Windows Server 2008 machine
The DHCP database can be moved or migrated from a Windows Server 2003 server to a Windows Server 2008 server, or from one Windows Server 2008 server to another.  The information below details the necessary steps. Export the DHCP database from a server Read More...
New Networking-related KB articles for the week of May 24 - May 30
949429   The virtual IP address of a Windows Server 2008 NLB cluster is bound to the NetBIOS host name of a particular server or of multiple servers 947028   How to restrict SSTP connections to a specific IP address in Windows Server 2008 950826 Read More...
New Networking-related KB articles for the week of May 17 - May 23
949821   Two options in the “Customize Advanced Key Exchange Settings” dialog box are truncated on a computer that is running the Russian version of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) or the Russian version of Windows Server 2008 949825 Read More...
Export DNS records to Excel to read time stamps and static records
Ask a DNS administrator and he’ll tell you there is no such thing as being “too careful” with DNS data! One of the dreaded things is to check the box for Auto Scavenging. A slight mis-configuration can lead to useful DNS entries getting Read More...
New Networking-related KB articles for the week of April 26 - May 2
Here are the latest Networking-related Knowledge Base articles: 951764   How to enable the port scalability feature for RPC proxies and for applications in Windows Server 2008 950499   You may be unable to use the "netsh interface" Read More...
New Networking-related KB articles for the week of April 12-18
Here are the latest Networking-related KB articles: 948505   The gethostbyname function unexpectedly returns the IP addresses in numeric order on a Windows Vista-based computer or on a Windows Server 2008-based computer 951422   The WTSQuerySessionInformation Read More...
New Networking-related KB articles for the week of April 5-11
Here are the most recent networking-related KB articles: 951008 No firewall is enabled after you upgrade a Windows Server 2003-based NAT/Basic Firewall router to Windows Server 2008 951005 The Network Policy Server may not log successful authentication Read More...
Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2003 Networking-related Knowledge Base Articles for the week ending February 8th
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947732 The data transfer fails when you use a program that uses the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) to transfer data on a Windows Server 2008-based computer 2/6/2008 Windows Svr 2008 Ent AL http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=947307 Read More...
Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2003 Networking-related Knowledge Base Articles for the week ending January 25th
Here are two recent KB articles for Windows Server 2003 and 2008: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=944135 The recvfrom function stops responding when you use the sendto function in the IPv6 raw socket to send an ICMP packet and then use the recvfrom Read More...
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