Re: Default Gateway Reverts to Old Setting

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DukieDallas <dukiedallas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> stated, which I commented on below:
Well, I wasn't looking too hard since I had identified where it
happened and could easily avoid it. But, spurred on by your
question, I just took another look and believe I've found it.

In SBS, at least 2003, the clientapps setup is run from the Clients
share on the SBS server, which is normally <drive>:\Program
Files\Microsoft Windows Small Business Server\ClientSetup\Clients. Under
there is a Setup folder with the setup.exe program file and
other pertinent files. One of them is config.dat, which looks like
it's actually an XML file and which is where I found the old default
gateway.
It looks like config.dat is written/updated by the stupid "Configure
E-mail and Internet Connection" Wizard which you're prompted to run
during SBS2003 setup, is on the SBS "To Do List," and is listed as
"Connect to the Internet" in the Server Management program under
Administrative Tools.
I ran the stupid wizard and sure enough, it updated the config.dat
file with what is now the correct gateway. Of course, I had to go
back and fix things like DNS servers in the LAN connection's TCP/IP
properties afterward.
Like you said in a previous post, a lot of those "layman
administrator" setup scripts & tools are better ignored & left out if
you know what you're doing.

Thanks again for your help & advice.

DD

See, I knew I hated those scripts for some reason! :-) Yea, they can cause
headaches, especially if you are used to doing it the manual way.

Cheers!

Aec


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