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I have an application which has a client edition(workstation) and server edition(service). The client edition is on Windows XP and the server edition is on Windows Server 2003. We have a lot of machines running different setups and networks. The above mentioned client machine application is hanging, only that setup hang-up is there, other than that all of the other systems running on different networks haven't had any issues.

I suspect it will be related to some network issues. Kindly provide the expected network issues which would lead to an application hanging in a client server environment. I have heard that "the same network name identfied with multiple IP addresses which may be causing at least some delays in resolving the names or at worst a failure which will cause a hang," is that correct? Any others?

This is some part of the host file taken from Server. Here the troublesome client machine name is tvr-lzvrts, but again i can see lzvrts2, do i need to move this into comments(#). I can see lot of entries without comments mntis mnefms ht7

192.61.247.204  tvr-lzvrts2 lzvrts2                    # TISSON   
192.61.247.205  ght7                      ht7                       # TISSON  
192.61.247.94   mns6                       mntis        mnefms       # LEVIS

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One more thing, I forgot when I asked about some IP address information, the team said they are using the IP addresses as place holders in the Hosts file until they have the correct public IP addresses from the customer. The cables are not connected. Do I need to disable these ports until they are ready to use the real IP addresses for the customers?

EDIT

In the client system, my application takes most of the memory and the CPU usage is around 93%. I confirmed these facts from Task Manager. I can see a lot of flickering going on my application.

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  • This question looks remarkably like your earlier question superuser.com/q/365976/52492. I suggest you address the reasons why that question was closed. You could consider editing the original question and asking for it to be reopened. Your new Question's title "Network related problems" is a bit vague. Dec 9, 2011 at 10:21
  • @RedGrittyBrick before that somebody closed that question, so i thought it will be waste to edit that question. In that answer you gave me some hints like network related issue thats why i made it as an answer and asked a new question
    – Henric
    Dec 9, 2011 at 10:56
  • I closed all application through task manager, did Windows update ,Virus scan everything , then also client system application hangs, i beleive some problems in network, some lan issue or NIC card issue,Any provide me where i need to look
    – Henric
    Dec 9, 2011 at 11:14
  • any more suggestions??
    – Henric
    Dec 9, 2011 at 12:41

2 Answers 2

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  • Using hosts files for resolving host-names to IP-addresses is error-prone it is likely that there will be inconsistencies between hosts files on different computers. In the longer term it is best to use a local DNS server (using split-DNS so local computers can resolve non-local Internet hostnames).

  • I would use ping to check that hosts files are working as expected. At the client, open a Command Prompt window and type ping servername.

  • You can use ping at the server to check the server's hosts file has the correct hostname and address for the client but this is usually uneccessary.

  • You can use a packet-sniffer (such as Wireshark) to see what your client is sending, and where to. I find the "follow TCP connection" feature particularly useful. You'll need a basic understanding of TCP/IP.

Example

C:\> ping servername

Pinging servername.example.com [192.61.247.99] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.61.247.99: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.61.247.99: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.61.247.99: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.61.247.99: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.61.247.99:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
  • Note that it got the correct IP-address for the name servername.example.com [192.61.247.99].

  • Check that the response time is reasonable -time<1ms

  • Check that there is no packet loss - (0% loss)

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Probably you need to look in to you network,whether all APIs,NIC cards are udated. If the names are not used for resolving then you may need to move to comments. check your logs also

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  • So you mean i need to move entry "lzvrts2" in to comments?
    – Henric
    Dec 9, 2011 at 11:59

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