XP Freezes on connection

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Zebedee

I have Windows XP Pro running on a newly built computer (AMD2200XP). All was
running superbly until I set up my LAN connection. I have an offline
file/printer server connected via my LAN card and a modem connecting me to
the internet connected to my XP machine. The LAN I/P addressing is fixed to
very specific addresses - 192.168.40.10-4 and with masks of 255.255.255.255
for each. The DNS/Wins etc is all set to 192.168.40.10 (the server).

When I connect to either or both, XP frequently freezes immediately for 2 -
10 minutes. The taskbar/start button lock. Titlebars and their buttons
become sluggish. Mouse control becomes negligable. Task Manager won't
appear.

The system stores up button pushes and clicks etc for a long time. The clock
stops. Suddenly it all updates in a flurry. It never used to do this until
the networking was installed. I've tried various things but NOTHING seems to
work. Suspicion fell on the Outpost firewall and after removing it,
everything ran well. Now it's gone bananas again.

What's the solution or do I need to specify more what the problem is? Is
there even a solution (other than tossing Windows in the bin and buying a
Mac, which I regret now not having done)?
--
Yours

Zebedee

(Claiming asylum in an attempt
to escape paying his debts to
Dougal and Florence)
 
Zebedee said:
I have Windows XP Pro running on a newly built computer (AMD2200XP). All was
running superbly until I set up my LAN connection. I have an offline
file/printer server connected via my LAN card and a modem connecting me to
the internet connected to my XP machine. The LAN I/P addressing is fixed to
very specific addresses - 192.168.40.10-4 and with masks of 255.255.255.255
for each. The DNS/Wins etc is all set to 192.168.40.10 (the server).

When I connect to either or both, XP frequently freezes immediately for 2 -
10 minutes. The taskbar/start button lock. Titlebars and their buttons
become sluggish. Mouse control becomes negligable. Task Manager won't
appear.

The system stores up button pushes and clicks etc for a long time. The clock
stops. Suddenly it all updates in a flurry. It never used to do this until
the networking was installed. I've tried various things but NOTHING seems to
work. Suspicion fell on the Outpost firewall and after removing it,
everything ran well. Now it's gone bananas again.

What's the solution or do I need to specify more what the problem is? Is
there even a solution (other than tossing Windows in the bin and buying a
Mac, which I regret now not having done)?
--
Yours

Zebedee

(Claiming asylum in an attempt
to escape paying his debts to
Dougal and Florence)
Click to expand...

Because the subnet mask only allows for one machine (the host machine). As
Both the machine, the printer, etc believe they are on their own, they
cannot communicate. Make life easy on yourself and use 255.255.255.0.
Chris
 
Chris Holden said:
Because the subnet mask only allows for one machine (the host machine). As
Both the machine, the printer, etc believe they are on their own, they
cannot communicate. Make life easy on yourself and use 255.255.255.0.
Chris
Click to expand...

Hmm. The LAN server is set to 255.255.255.255 for each I/P address. That
works just fine with two or even 3 PCs connected.

The XP box is set to 255.255.255.0


--
Yours

Zebedee

(Claiming asylum in an attempt
to escape paying his debts to
Dougal and Florence)
 
Zebedee said:
Hmm. The LAN server is set to 255.255.255.255 for each I/P address. That
works just fine with two or even 3 PCs connected.

The XP box is set to 255.255.255.0


--
Yours

Zebedee

(Claiming asylum in an attempt
to escape paying his debts to
Dougal and Florence)
Click to expand...

Erm... you are saying you can have three pcs (maybe four if you are
including the server in your claim) using the subnet mask of
255.255.255.255? For four machines the subnet mask would be 255.255.255.252.
The way you say it, the server has more than one IP address... does it? If
so, it will not work in the range you specify with the same subnet mask.
Perhaps you should post an ipconfig /all for all the machines/devices on
your network.
Chris
 
Chris Holden said:
including the server in your claim) using the subnet mask of
255.255.255.255? For four machines the subnet mask would be 255.255.255.252.
The way you say it, the server has more than one IP address... does it? If
so, it will not work in the range you specify with the same subnet mask.
Perhaps you should post an ipconfig /all for all the machines/devices on
your network.
Chris
Click to expand...

The problem is not the network but the XP box.

When I'm not connected to the LAN but am connected via the modem to the
Internet, the XP PC often hangs for a long period (2 - 10 mins).

When I connect to the server (running SME server 5.6) as the sole
connection, the XP PC often hangs for a long period (2 - 10 mins).

When I connect to both simulteneously, the same happens.

When I connect Chronos and Aphrodite (running Win98 and Win NT4
respectively) to Zeus (the server), I have no problems whatsoever.

The problem is entirely an XP invention. The IP addressing is set up
identically (although Chronos is set as .13 and Aphrodite as .12 and
Apollo - XP box as .11)

It seems almost as though XP is too feeble to accept simulteneous dialup and
LAN.

OK. IP Config of Apollo (XP Pro)

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : apollo
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Eth
ernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-61-26-F8-23

PPP adapter Freeserve:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 217.134.110.95
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 217.134.110.95
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 195.92.195.95
195.92.195.94
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling
Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 80-00-F2-14-26-79-91-A0
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5445:5245:444f%5
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter 6to4 Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6to4 Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : D9-86-6E-5F
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 2002:d986:6e5f::d986:6e5f
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 2002:836b:213c::836b:213c
2002:c058:6301::c058:6301
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling
Pseudo-Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : D9-86-6E-5F
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:217.134.110.95%2
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>

Currently I'm not connected to Zeus

Now see what happens when I connect Zeus as well:

C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>ping 192.168.40.10

Pinging 192.168.40.10 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.40.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.40.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.40.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.40.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.40.10:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>ping zeus

Pinging zeus [192.168.40.10] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.40.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.40.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.40.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.40.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.40.10:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : apollo
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Eth
ernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-61-26-F8-23
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.40.11
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::20d:61ff:fe26:f823%4
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.40.10
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.40.10
fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.40.10

PPP adapter Freeserve:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 217.134.110.95
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 217.134.110.95
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 195.92.195.95
195.92.195.94
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling
Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 80-00-F2-14-26-79-91-A0
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5445:5245:444f%5
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter 6to4 Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6to4 Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : D9-86-6E-5F
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 2002:d986:6e5f::d986:6e5f
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 2002:836b:213c:1:e0:8f08:f020:8
2002:836b:213c::836b:213c
2002:c058:6301::c058:6301
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling
Pseudo-Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C0-A8-28-0B
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.40.11%2
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling
Pseudo-Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : D9-86-6E-5F
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:217.134.110.95%2
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>

I had a small hang as Zeus came online but usually the hang is MUCH bigger -
several minutes.

--
Yours

Zebedee

(Claiming asylum in an attempt
to escape paying his debts to
Dougal and Florence)
 
Zebedee said:
SNIP

The problem is not the network but the XP box.

When I'm not connected to the LAN but am connected via the modem to the
Internet, the XP PC often hangs for a long period (2 - 10 mins).

When I connect to the server (running SME server 5.6) as the sole
connection, the XP PC often hangs for a long period (2 - 10 mins).

When I connect to both simulteneously, the same happens.

When I connect Chronos and Aphrodite (running Win98 and Win NT4
respectively) to Zeus (the server), I have no problems whatsoever.

The problem is entirely an XP invention. The IP addressing is set up
identically (although Chronos is set as .13 and Aphrodite as .12 and
Apollo - XP box as .11)

It seems almost as though XP is too feeble to accept simulteneous dialup and
LAN.

OK. IP Config of Apollo (XP Pro)

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : apollo
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Eth
ernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-61-26-F8-23

PPP adapter Freeserve:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 217.134.110.95
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 217.134.110.95
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 195.92.195.95
195.92.195.94
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling
Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 80-00-F2-14-26-79-91-A0
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5445:5245:444f%5
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter 6to4 Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6to4 Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : D9-86-6E-5F
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 2002:d986:6e5f::d986:6e5f
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 2002:836b:213c::836b:213c
2002:c058:6301::c058:6301
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling
Pseudo-Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : D9-86-6E-5F
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:217.134.110.95%2
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>

Currently I'm not connected to Zeus

Now see what happens when I connect Zeus as well:

C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>ping 192.168.40.10

Pinging 192.168.40.10 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.40.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.40.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.40.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.40.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.40.10:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>ping zeus

Pinging zeus [192.168.40.10] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.40.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.40.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.40.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.40.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.40.10:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : apollo
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Eth
ernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-61-26-F8-23
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.40.11
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::20d:61ff:fe26:f823%4
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.40.10
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.40.10
fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.40.10

PPP adapter Freeserve:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 217.134.110.95
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 217.134.110.95
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 195.92.195.95
195.92.195.94
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling
Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 80-00-F2-14-26-79-91-A0
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5445:5245:444f%5
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter 6to4 Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6to4 Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : D9-86-6E-5F
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 2002:d986:6e5f::d986:6e5f
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 2002:836b:213c:1:e0:8f08:f020:8
2002:836b:213c::836b:213c
2002:c058:6301::c058:6301
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling
Pseudo-Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C0-A8-28-0B
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.40.11%2
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling
Pseudo-Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : D9-86-6E-5F
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:217.134.110.95%2
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>

I had a small hang as Zeus came online but usually the hang is MUCH bigger -
several minutes.

--
Yours

Zebedee

(Claiming asylum in an attempt
to escape paying his debts to
Dougal and Florence)
Click to expand...
So your OP was incorrect! Your IP range is 192.168.40.10-14 with a subnet 0f
255.255.255.0, but your dial up has the subnet of 255.255.255.255. Basically
that was misleading.
Please describe your entire network: including all nodes attached... the
subnets you at first stated appear to be irrelevant as one is for dial up
and the other for your LAN. What is the tunnel adaptor you are using? Is it
PPTP? You do not say. What protocols are running on a: the server; b: the
clients? The more information you supply the easier this will be to solve.
Chris
 
Carolyn said:
What program or file does this work (hpcmpmgr.exe) my computer has not
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worked correctly for a while and it freezes when I start to shut down and
them closes this file and then shuts down.

You would be better served by posting this as a new question, as most people
will ignore it unless they are actively following the thread you have
replied to (which will be the minority). To do so hit the 'new' button in
the top right hand corner of the window with the questions in.
Chris
 
Chris Holden said:
So your OP was incorrect! Your IP range is 192.168.40.10-14 with a subnet 0f
255.255.255.0, but your dial up has the subnet of 255.255.255.255. Basically
that was misleading.
Please describe your entire network: including all nodes attached... the
subnets you at first stated appear to be irrelevant as one is for dial up
and the other for your LAN. What is the tunnel adaptor you are using? Is it
PPTP? You do not say. What protocols are running on a: the server; b: the
clients? The more information you supply the easier this will be to solve.
Chris
Click to expand...

Ok. The server runs SME Server software (Linux based).

Currently the network is as follows
SME server with a LAN card connected via a CAT5 crossover cable to the XP
Pc. This is a part-time connection only.
For the moment, we'll ignore the NT4 and Win 98 machines. Let's just get XP
working first.

These are the settings on the server:


Review configuration
Networking Parameters
Server Mode servergateway-private
Local IP address / subnet mask 192.168.40.10/255.255.255.0
External IP address / subnet mask /255.255.255.0
Gateway 192.168.40.10
Additional local networks No additional networks defined
DHCP server enabled
Beginning of DHCP address range 192.168.40.65
End of DHCP address range 192.168.40.250
Server names
DNS server 192.168.40.10
Web server www.xworld
Proxy server proxy.xworld:3128
FTP server ftp.xworld
SMTP, POP, and IMAP mail servers mail.sageworld
Domain information
Primary domain sxworld
Virtual domains No virtual domains defined
Primary web site http://www.xworld
Mitel Networks SME Server manager http://zeus/server-manager/
Mitel Networks SME Server user password panel http://zeus/user-password/
Email Addresses useraccount@xworld
firstname.lastname@xworld
firstname_lastname@xworld

--
Yours

Zebedee

(Claiming asylum in an attempt
to escape paying his debts to
Dougal and Florence)
 
SNIP

Do you have anything that coinsides with the system pause in the Windows
event log?
Is the XP installation up-to-date? (I.e., has all updates from
windowsupdate.com including NIC/modem drivers).
Is ICF enabled on the LAN connection?
Do you use a software firewall on the XP machine? Which one? Does the pause
still occcur if you disable it?
Does the pause still occur if you disable any anti-virus software
(especially any automatic checking for updates) on the XP machine?
Does the pause still occur if you disable firewall AND anti-virus software?
Sorry to ask a bunch more questions...
Chris
 
Chris Holden said:
Do you have anything that coinsides with the system pause in the Windows
event log?
Is the XP installation up-to-date? (I.e., has all updates from
windowsupdate.com including NIC/modem drivers).
Is ICF enabled on the LAN connection?
Do you use a software firewall on the XP machine? Which one? Does the pause
still occcur if you disable it?
Does the pause still occur if you disable any anti-virus software
(especially any automatic checking for updates) on the XP machine?
Does the pause still occur if you disable firewall AND anti-virus software?
Sorry to ask a bunch more questions...
Chris
Click to expand...

XP Installation is up to date. All updates installed
Everything is installed except for universal plug and play (which I
uninstalled recently)
ICF is enabled on the dial-up but not on the LAN
No firewall installed. I used to have Outpost but immediately on
uninstalling Outpost, the freezes stopped but they've returned. The clock
stopped sliding off the side of the screen as soon as Outpost was
eliminated.
Antivirus - AVG. Not tried deactivating it yet. Since so many people use
(uptodate) AVG, I feel the problem may lie elsewhere.
I believe the DCOM problem correlates to the freezes.

In the event logs,

DCOM comes up with errors
Type Date Time Source Category Event User Computer
Information 29/02/2004 18:45:55 Service Control Manager None 7036 N/A APOLLO
Information 29/02/2004 18:45:49 Service Control Manager None 7036 N/A APOLLO
Information 29/02/2004 18:45:49 Service Control Manager None 7035 SYSTEM
APOLLO
Error 29/02/2004 18:45:49 DCOM None 10010 Admin APOLLO
Information 29/02/2004 18:45:20 Service Control Manager None 7036 N/A APOLLO
Information 29/02/2004 18:40:56 Service Control Manager None 7036 N/A APOLLO
Information 29/02/2004 18:40:56 Service Control Manager None 7035 SYSTEM
APOLLO
Information 29/02/2004 18:32:04 Tcpip None 4201 N/A APOLLO
Information 29/02/2004 18:19:22 Service Control Manager None 7036 N/A APOLLO
Information 29/02/2004 18:19:15 Service Control Manager None 7036 N/A APOLLO
Information 29/02/2004 18:19:15 Service Control Manager None 7035 SYSTEM
APOLLO
Error 29/02/2004 18:19:14 DCOM None 10010 Admin APOLLO

Type Date Time Source Category Event User Computer
Information 29/02/2004 18:07:47 Winlogon None 1002 N/A APOLLO
Error 29/02/2004 18:07:37 Application Error None 1001 N/A APOLLO
Error 29/02/2004 18:07:20 Application Error None 1000 N/A APOLLO
Information 29/02/2004 14:45:05 Ci CI Service 4137 N/A APOLLO
Information 29/02/2004 14:45:03 Ci CI Service 4137 N/A APOLLO
Information 29/02/2004 14:44:14 iPodService None 0 N/A APOLLO
Information 29/02/2004 14:37:46 MSMQTriggers None 2200 N/A APOLLO
Information 29/02/2004 14:37:45 MSMQ Kernel 2028 N/A APOLLO
Information 29/02/2004 14:37:38 EvntAgnt None 2018 N/A APOLLO
Information 29/02/2004 14:37:32 NProtectService None 3 SYSTEM APOLLO
Information 29/02/2004 14:37:26 MSDTC TM 4097 N/A APOLLO
Information 29/02/2004 01:48:00 iPodService None 0 N/A APOLLO
Information 29/02/2004 01:02:46 Ci CI Service 4103 N/A APOLLO
Information 28/02/2004 23:01:26 Ci CI Service 4137 N/A APOLLO
Information 28/02/2004 23:01:24 Ci CI Service 4130 N/A APOLLO
Information 28/02/2004 23:01:24 Ci CI Service 4129 N/A APOLLO
Information 28/02/2004 23:01:24 Ci CI Service 4137 N/A APOLLO
Error 28/02/2004 22:59:56 Application Hang None 1001 N/A APOLLO
Error 28/02/2004 22:58:22 Application Hang (101) 1002 N/A APOLLO
Information 28/02/2004 22:54:51 iPodService None 0 N/A APOLLO

--
Yours

Zebedee

(Claiming asylum in an attempt
to escape paying his debts to
Dougal and Florence)
 
From Zeus

[root@zeus root]# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:01:02:A5:2B:5F
inet addr:192.168.40.10 Bcast:192.168.40.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
EtherTalk Phase 2 addr:65280/217
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:169943 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:1 frame:0
TX packets:241539 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0
RX bytes:16333741 (15.5 Mb) TX bytes:313855876 (299.3 Mb)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
EtherTalk Phase 2 addr:0/0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:580 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:580 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0
RX bytes:43560 (42.5 Kb) TX bytes:43560 (42.5 Kb)

sl0 Link encap:Serial Line IP
inet addr:192.168.40.10 P-t-P:0.0.0.0 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4261 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:276412 (269.9 Kb)
 
Zebedee said:
SNIP
XP Installation is up to date. All updates installed
Everything is installed except for universal plug and play (which I
uninstalled recently)
ICF is enabled on the dial-up but not on the LAN
No firewall installed. I used to have Outpost but immediately on
uninstalling Outpost, the freezes stopped but they've returned. The clock
stopped sliding off the side of the screen as soon as Outpost was
eliminated.
Antivirus - AVG. Not tried deactivating it yet. Since so many people use
(uptodate) AVG, I feel the problem may lie elsewhere.
I believe the DCOM problem correlates to the freezes.

In the event logs,

DCOM comes up with errors
Type Date Time Source Category Event User Computer
Information 29/02/2004 18:45:55 Service Control Manager None 7036 N/A APOLLO
Information 29/02/2004 18:45:49 Service Control Manager None 7036 N/A APOLLO
Information 29/02/2004 18:45:49 Service Control Manager None 7035 SYSTEM
APOLLO
Error 29/02/2004 18:45:49 DCOM None 10010 Admin APOLLO
Information 29/02/2004 18:45:20 Service Control Manager None 7036 N/A APOLLO
Information 29/02/2004 18:40:56 Service Control Manager None 7036 N/A APOLLO
Information 29/02/2004 18:40:56 Service Control Manager None 7035 SYSTEM
APOLLO
Information 29/02/2004 18:32:04 Tcpip None 4201 N/A APOLLO
Information 29/02/2004 18:19:22 Service Control Manager None 7036 N/A APOLLO
Information 29/02/2004 18:19:15 Service Control Manager None 7036 N/A APOLLO
Information 29/02/2004 18:19:15 Service Control Manager None 7035 SYSTEM
APOLLO
Error 29/02/2004 18:19:14 DCOM None 10010 Admin APOLLO
Click to expand...
SNIP

The only reference for event ID 10010 I can find is:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;327153 .
I have to admit I don't know a solution to the system pauses if the DCOM
events are causing the pauses.
You can find out what DCOM does here: http://www.grc.com/dcom/ .
If the MS article does not help (I suspect it will not), I suggest starting
a new thread stating what you now know from the even log and the symptoms.
Chris
 
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