Re: WM 5.0 and Sprint 6700 PPC-can't sync in cradle but can throug

Hi Doug,

I have setup my internal DNS as you have suggested below, but I cannot
synch my imate kjam while connected to my internal PC. However I can
get external sync (through GPRS) to work fine. Using the vxutils
utility on the kjam I can successfully resolve the IP address of my
external NIC on my SBS server by pinging my public FQDN
(company.com.au) and looking at the logging in ISA I can see the HTTPS
traffic coming from my PC to the external NIC but the sessions
immediately close.

This is proving to be very frustrating. I can browse the internet from
my kjam when connected to my PC so I know its not a connectivity issue
between them. Do you or anyone else have any other suggestions?

Cheers,

Dave

Doug wrote:
Bruce

I have had this problem with my own setup.

You need to setup a split DNS ie you need to setup a DNS entry on your
Internal server for your external address. Setup a new primary forward DNS
zone for the domain portion of externaladdress.com. Do not use active
directory integrated. Then setup A entries for the Internet server names e.g.
www, mail etc. If you have a website hosted externally ensure you use the
external website IP address. If you are using something like
mail.externaldomain.com use the external network card IP address for the IP
address. The result is that when your users are inside the communication ends
up comming back into the server as if it was comming in externally.

Hope this helps.
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Regards

Doug


"B.Ras" wrote:

No, the external address won't ever work on the internal network. Is
there a modification that I should make in ActiveSync so that it can
sync when attached on the internal network?



Chris De Herrera wrote:
Hi,
Do you allow the internal staff to acccess the SBS server via the external
address? This is what address that the device is using because of the dns
cache on the device.


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"B.Ras" <b1dupree@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Background
SBS Server 2003 SP1
ISA Server 2004
External NIC on server set to public IP address
SSL-Third party certificate set up and working externally using Turbo
SSL from godaddy
ActiveSync 4.1
Sprint EVDO for high speed wireless

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I set up a Sprint 6700 PPC using the instructions listed in Deploying
Windows Mobile 5.0 with Small Business Server 2003.


I added these exceptions to ISA SERVER 2004:
1. WCESCOMM - Disabled - 0
2. WCESMGR - Disabled - 0
3. REPIMGR - Disabled - 0


I am using a third party SSL certificate as listed above.


I am synching the device on a laptop with the firewall client enabled
and functioning.


Scenario:
I can WIRELESSLY sync to the server with the 6700 PPC using the Sprint
network.


I CANNOT sync to the device when the 6700 PPC is in the cradle
connected to the laptop computer.


I get the following error on the laptop:
The server could not be reached. This can be caused by temporary
network conditions.
Support Code: 85002003


I have restarted the laptop after adding the ISA exceptions.
I have tried the laptop with the firewall client enabled and disabled.
I have added the self-signed SBS 2003 IIS certifcate to the 6700 PPC
device as well just to be sure.


NOTE:
If I change ActiveSync to reflect the internal name of the server (i.e.

servername) it will sync in the cradle but then the 6700 PPC will not
sync wirelessly.
I CANNOT connect to http://externaladdress.com/oma on acomputer on the
internal network.


So it appears that activesync cannot resolve the external IP secure
address (i.e. https://externaladdress.com) when it is on the network.

I cannot surf the internet on the 6700 PPC when it is in the cradle (no

problem when it is out of the cradle). When I do try it in the cradle
I get error: "The current connection cannot be used for your request.
Please end the current connection and try again."

I didn't try to set up a separate connection on the PPC. I just did a
hard reset on the PPC and kept the default settings.


The laptop is on the local LAN but couldn't sync remotely when off the
LAN.


I can get to http and https://server/oma from the laptop on the LAN but
not https or https://public domain (as listed on the SSL)/oma


I listened to the SBS podcast 14 and they mention this as a problem but

don't really give any solution except for the ISA exceptions.


Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Bruce




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