Trouble accessing 'net from any client...(not NAT/VPN!)

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craig.e.shea_at_gmail.com
Date: 02/19/05 

Date: 18 Feb 2005 19:28:27 -0800

I have been having this problem beginning a little over a year ago, and
I have not been able to find an answer.

Here's my network topology:

Internet-->cable/dsl router-->house network (NT4 server/router)-->my
win2k rras server/router-->hub-->clients

About a year ago, all of a sudden I could no longer reach Passport.net
sites to log in. I can get to msn.com, for example, but I am unable to
login via passport. That means that I am also unable to login to
Hotmail, etc. More recently, I have been unable to reach about 45% of
other websites, both secure and non-secure. I have ruled out the
possibility of spyware/malware and viruses and trojans, and I have SP4
on my Win2K Adv. Server box along with the other latest updates.

At first, I thought this was a problem with my XP Pro client. However,
I also set up a Linux tower and laptop; and when both are connected to
the internet through the hub listed in the topology above, using the
Win2K box as a gateway to the internet, neither Windows clients, nor
Linux clients are able to access Passport sites (I didn't try other
sites such as Discovercard.com). However, when I took my Linux laptop
and connected it to the house network, I was able to login to
Passport.net related sites.

Please do not ask me to check anything with the "house network", as
that is working perfectly (it hasn't been touched in over 5 years as
far as configuration is concerned). It is purely a problem with the
Windows 2000 Advanced Server RRAS router.

Has anyone else ran across this situation and have a solution? I have
reset my RRAS configuration completely (as best as I know how through
the MMC and netsh commands). I am very reluctant to reinstall (might as
well go with Linux at this point... ;) ).

TIA for your help.

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