Connectivity problem between Client/server

salimkhan2k8 · 06-27-2008, 02:05 PM

hi, i need an urgent help plz...

the problem is i have a windows 2003 file server and DHCP configured on the same.. clients are not able to obtain ip addresses from DHCP and file server is not accessible to clients. i can ping from server to clients but i cannot ping form client to server, i get "request timed out" message when pinged from client side. plz give me a solution

Thanks & regards

**djaburg** · 06-30-2008, 09:44 PM

Perhaps there's a firewall on the server? If you're trying to have the server act as your gateway, then perhaps you have wrong cable in the wrong port. Typically the public facing NIC has a firewall installed, whereas the internal one does not.

salimkhan2k8 · 07-02-2008, 05:16 AM

Hi djaburg... Thanx for response, u are right the problem was with firewall service. i thank you once again. Have a nice time

06-27-2008, 02:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
salimkhan2k8 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2 OS: XP SP2	Connectivity problem between Client/server hi, i need an urgent help plz... the problem is i have a windows 2003 file server and DHCP configured on the same.. clients are not able to obtain ip addresses from DHCP and file server is not accessible to clients. i can ping from server to clients but i cannot ping form client to server, i get "request timed out" message when pinged from client side. plz give me a solution Thanks & regards

06-30-2008, 09:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
djaburg TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,326 OS: XP SP3/Vista/7 Server 2K/2K3/2K8	Re: Connectivity problem between Client/server Perhaps there's a firewall on the server? If you're trying to have the server act as your gateway, then perhaps you have wrong cable in the wrong port. Typically the public facing NIC has a firewall installed, whereas the internal one does not. __________________ Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done. The inherent vice of capitalism is the uneven division of blessings, while the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal division of misery.

07-02-2008, 05:16 AM	#3 (permalink)
salimkhan2k8 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2 OS: XP SP2	Re: Connectivity problem between Client/server Hi djaburg... Thanx for response, u are right the problem was with firewall service. i thank you once again. Have a nice time