Re: XP problems connecting to internet after removing Isa client

First of all thanks for your response Phillip,
They way you describe the configuration is the way it was until it stopped
working. After all the troubleshooting on the ISA and the fact that the
server will soon be replaced and ISA will not be used in the new setup we
would like to find out why the PC is not able to work even though firewall
client is removed and it is connected directly to the router, not the ISA
network. If we have a possible solution which doesn't require formatting
Windows XP it would be great.

Thanks in advance,
Bill Kraniotis


"Phillip Windell" wrote:

"bkran" <bkran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In an installation of Windows SBS 2000 with ISA configured and working,
all
the clients stopped sending e-mail through Microsoft outlook. Time out
error
to the SMTP server which is an internet server. Also they can't upload
files
when they try to use webmail and windows live messenger cannot connect. I
removed Microsoft client firewall from a PC and connected it directly to
the
router and everything was working ok. When I tried to do the same thing to
another similar ( windows XP Pro SP2, Office 2003 ) PC the problems
continued... So we are in a bit of a jam here, especially since the client
firewall uninstalled without a problem. Are there some other settings we
should check ? I can open an SMTP connection from the pc and everything
seems
ok but not for Outlook, which is the most critical application that is
failing. I contacted the ISP and they came on site and checked the
connection
with their own laptops and of course found no problem. As for the e-mail
servers, we tried on other servers with our personal accounts with no
luck.
I have to add that soon there will be a migration to a new server so
removing the ISA server is not a problem.
I have to add that soon there will be a migration to a new server so
removing the ISA server is not a problem.

By default,..Outlook does not use the Firewall Client to begin with. It can
only function with SMTP/POP3 to-from the Internet via the SecureNAT Service.
The SecureNAT Service is not capable of Authentication,...so your SMTP/POP3
Access Rule must be anonymous. Outlook is this way by default because most
people do not use it as an SMTP/POP3 Client, but use it as an Exchange MAPI
Client and by preventing it from using the Firewall Client helps make sure
that the Firewall Client/Firewall Service never interferre with the
Outlook-to-Exchange communication (at least that is my personal
interpretation of the reason).

If you want the most secure way of handling it:

1. Install the Firewall Client back on the machines where it should be

2. Enable Outlook to use the Firewall Service

3. Configure your SMTP/POP3 Access Rule to only allow the specific users you
want to function with it. You can even limit the Destination to the
specific mail server they need to use.

To configure Outlook to use the Firewall service:

1. Open the ISA MMC, go to General
2. Go to "Define Firewall Client Settings"
3. Go to the Applications Tab
4. Find Outlook,..which is set to "Disable=1"
5. Edit it to "Disable=0"



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