Re: connecting to a Firebox

From: Robert L [MS-MVP] (noreply_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/22/04 

Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 09:15:38 -0600

it could be the hardware issue. some hardware don't support full duplex 

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"Tim Bott" <TimBott@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:918DB2F3-8D45-457E-980B-750AFE267ECE@microsoft.com...
> Our office just got a Watchguard Firebox Edge X15....
>
> The way this system is set up, the Firebox is a DHCP server, and it 
> handles
> all of the firewall operations via the system hardware.  I could connect 
> ALL
> of my XP Pro/98/95/Me machines just great to this thing, but I can't get 
> my
> Server 2K3 Standard to connect to the internet/obtain an IP/ANYTHING.  Is
> there some configuration for the 2K3 machine that's so different?
>
> I DON'T have AD, DHCP server, DNS server, or RRAS installed on this server
> at all anymore...so I'm just trying to get it to act like it's a normal
> computer.

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