Re: Using VPN, loose conectivity with exchsrv

From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 03/10/04


Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 18:59:17 -0500

Not sure - now that W2k is gone it's not possible to troubleshoot, but hey,
it's working, so maybe we should just chalk it up to a Mystery of the
Cosmos? ;-)

"John Flint" <john.flint@titan.com> wrote in message
news:uibfU%23qBEHA.3132@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Correct.. Well I fixed the problem, but only because I installed winXP.
> everything was setup just the same as I do now, but for some reason the OS
> was glitching.. That's the problem I was having. If inside you network you
> are allowed to ping, then when you connect to the VPN you should beable to
> ping the exchsrv. This is what I couldn't do before, but after starting
all
> over, I can do now..
>
> I would still like to know why the hell did win2k act like that though. It
> just doesn't make sence. Maybe a reg entry or something?
>
> John Flint
>
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in
message
> news:#hJqRtjBEHA.3064@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Which IP - public or private? If you're connected via VPN, you should be
> > using the internal IP and the server's NetBIOS name....
> >
> > John Flint wrote:
> > > But I did that already. I try to ping either the server name or IP
> > > and I can't resolve the IP address. if I come off the VPN I can
> > > resolve the IP again. for some reason the IP is being blocked once
> > > logged in. Almost as if it connecting to the wrong network. but I
> > > assure you it is the correct one, otherwise we wouldn't log in in the
> > > first place.
> > >
> > > John Flint
> > >
> > >
> > > "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> > > <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in
> > > message news:#dPhPrfBEHA.3524@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > >> You need a hosts file - can't just use the IP address of the Exchange
> > >> server, it will want to resolve to a name. Set up an entry in hosts
> > >> for xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (internal IP of Exchange server) to SERVERNAME
> > >>
> > >> John Flint wrote:
> > >>> All,
> > >>>
> > >>> Have a situation where a user on win2k logs in to their
> > >>> VPN and then is unable to get to the ip of the exchsrv. if
> > >>> i log them out of the VPN we can gdet to the exchsrv again
> > >>> (computer1). tried having them log on from another
> > >>> computer (computer2) known to be able to reach the exchsrv
> > >>> while connected to the VPN. Doing that we were sucessful
> > >>> in getting to the exchsrv. So we ruled out a permissions
> > >>> problem in the VPN logon. Set the computer (computer1) up
> > >>> in a different location having a different person log on.
> > >>> same problem as before, so it's not a perms problem with
> > >>> the user.
> > >>> QUESTION: What could be setup incorectly to keep ip's
> > >>> being accessed through the VPN on win2k?
> >
> >
>
>



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