Windows 2008 Term Services issue

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darmstadt replied

1 April 2009, 18:25
The only time I've seen something similar was when people have been using a remote session and instead of logging off properly, just closed the remote session. Their is a default number of sessions allowed to be running concurrently and you need to change this setting
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AtW replied

1 April 2009, 16:05
Check events monitor - you may see there failure of RDP DLL to be loaded on server side, this can happen due to junky video drivers, I had this issue with ATI ones I installed from Windows Update recently - had to rollback and it worked.
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Manic replied

1 April 2009, 10:22
Didn't see anything obvious, however i must admit i thought the issue was with my desktop at first. When i have a mo will have a good look.
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PRC1964 replied

1 April 2009, 10:19
Is there anything in the log files on the server? I'd expect something in there.
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Manic replied

31 March 2009, 11:11
Thanks Guys, the server is in my study connected into a bilion router that I can vpn. No switches just yet

Will try updating drivers, it's an onboard NIC, but I do have a spare 10/100 NIC card hanging around, and as my network is contrained by broadband shouldn't be an issue trying that one out.
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JoJoGabor replied

31 March 2009, 10:18
Defintely physical networking. WHen it drops, check the port status on the switch. Try changing the cable, moving the NIC to another PCI card if its not an onboard. Update firmware also
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JamieMoles replied

31 March 2009, 10:07
Sounds like a generic networking issue, without a monitor on the server it will be hard to diagnose accurately though - as you will want to be on the box itself at the time of the failure to investigate.

I would start by checking the drivers for the NIC on the server - broadcom chipset based drivers have been known to give alot of headaches, so make sure you have the latest release. Also make sure you hardcode the speed and duplex into the settings - both on the server and the switch - as this will reduce the time it takes for a connection to come back after failure.
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Manic started a topic Windows 2008 Term Services issue

31 March 2009, 09:55
Windows 2008 Term Services issue

Bought myself a nice HP ML115 and have MS2008 Server running on it. The server has no monitor attached so am RDPing into it from a Vista desktop.

From time to time the RDP connection drops and I receive a counter informing me it will try and reconnect x of 20 times. Finally it fails and closes the RDP connection, however I'm unable to get back onto the server without rebooting the server (have tried a desktop reboot).

When it fails I can notping the server, destination host unreachable returned.
Server is running Static IP on inbuilt broadcom NIC.

Anyone experienced this?
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