Upgrading NIC cards

[Jim]

I upgraded the NIC card from a 10/100 to a 10/100/1000 on a workstation on a
Windows 2000 domain. When I logged in to the domain, I could not see the
server, although I could ping it. I had to rename the computer name and
loose all the local settings to get it to log on to the domain.

I have several other workstations on this network that I want to upgrade
their NIC's. Is there a way to transfer the settings from the old NIC to the
new NIC so I won't have to setup everything again?

Thanks
Jim

 

[ptwilliams]

Nope.

But setting up DHCP would simplify things for you...


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Paul Williams
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I upgraded the NIC card from a 10/100 to a 10/100/1000 on a workstation on a
Windows 2000 domain. When I logged in to the domain, I could not see the
server, although I could ping it. I had to rename the computer name and
loose all the local settings to get it to log on to the domain.

I have several other workstations on this network that I want to upgrade
their NIC's. Is there a way to transfer the settings from the old NIC to the
new NIC so I won't have to setup everything again?

Thanks
Jim

 

[Jim]

I do have DHCP setup. When I first installed the NIC, DHCP did set the IP
address and I could see the internet and ping the server. But, I couldn't
see the files on the shared drive on the server because I wasn't logged into
the domain.

Jim

 

[ptwilliams]

Well why not ;-)

If you choose to logon locally, you can still access domain resources,
you'll just have to enter logon credentials upon connection (you'll be
prompted).

If your using DHCP, just make sure that you configure DNS, Gateway, etc. as
well as IP and Subnet and you'll be fine.


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I do have DHCP setup. When I first installed the NIC, DHCP did set the IP
address and I could see the internet and ping the server. But, I couldn't
see the files on the shared drive on the server because I wasn't logged into
the domain.

Jim