Re: can you identify if this is a dns issue..

From: Leon E. Webster, MCSE (leweb2000_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/03/04 

Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 02:17:34 -0500

Maybe these will help...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;830063

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292822

Lee

"Ace Fekay [MVP]"
<PleaseSubstituteMyActualFirstName&LastNameHere@hotmail.com> wrote in
message news:eZnyzUReEHA.2784@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> In news:OCcLK8NeEHA.236@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
> Calvin C. <CChang@mjlm.com> asked for help and I offered my suggestions
> below:
> > To All,
> > I got no help from Cisco tac at all, and want to see if anyone here
> > can give me a direction.
> >
> > I am able to VPN into our network from client PC with cisco VPN client
> > program, and PING servers IPs without problems. (I am able to PING by
> > host name only after using lmhost file) However, I cannot browse
> > neighborhood PCs or access servers by using either IP or host name.
> > (for example, \\server\shared or \\192.168.100.100\shared ) I have
> > domain name, DNS server and WIN server IP configured in the router
> > (Cisco 2600)
> >
> > Cisco tac kicked me back and said it's a microsoft dns issue. HELP!!!!
> >
> >
> > Calvin
>
> DNS just resolves names to IP addresses. I can't see it being a DNS
problem
> if you're saying you can't even connect by an IP address, but you can ping
> it (which means that at least ICMP is allowed), but from what you're
saying,
> it's a "something is being blocked" issue, and based on your description,
> obviously it's NOT a DNS issue. If you can't resolve, then port UDP &TCP
53
> are blocked. If you cannot connect to any shares, or Network Neighborhood
is
> not population, then 139 and/or 445 are blocked. WINS uses port 42. If you
> can't log into the domain, then that's about a dozen other ports being
> blocked.
>
> Does your client machine have a personal firewall installed? ICF running?
IP
> access rules on the router stopping you? Are you allowing routing from
your
> VPN client into your network? Proxy or ISA installed?
>
> --
> Regards,
> Ace
>
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>
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>
> Ace Fekay, MCSE 2003 & 2000, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSE+I, MCT, MVP
> Microsoft Windows MVP - Windows Server - Directory Services
>
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