Re: SBS 2003 - No Internet Access/Outlook 2000 slow from Some Win98 Clients

From: Geoff Davis (BLDSupport_at_woodandco.co.uk)
Date: 04/21/04 

Date: 21 Apr 2004 02:20:41 -0700

Les

Thanks very much for the advice. Your answer has raised a further
question but first of all I should tell you that I managed to solve
the problem. I found that the "Proxy Client" software required for
the SBS4.5 was still installed on the two problematic PCs and that
uninstalling it was the solution.

Back to your response. I am keen that, although everything seems to
be working Ok, the Server is set up correctly to avoid any future
problems. When you say that the internal and external networks should
be seperated, do you mean Subnet wise?. I'm afraid that my experience
is a bit limited at the moment (but growing exponentially). I used
the CEICW to set up the connection and reading MKBA825763 it doesnt
seem to indicate seperating networks. I will trawl through the Help
and see what I can find but if you have the time I would very much
appreciate any help/pointers that you (or anybody else for that
matter) can give.

Regards

Geoff Davis

"Les Connor [SBS MVP]" <les.connor@DEL.cfive.ca> wrote in message news:<OiobhojJEHA.2412@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>...
> Hi Geoff,
>
> Your network configuration is not valid. Your internal and external networks
> must be separated. You can get information from within the SBS help file, or
> here:
>
> More information:
> 825763 How to configure Internet access in Windows Small Business Server
> 2003
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=825763
>
>
> --
> Les Connor [SBS MVP]
> -------------------------------------
> SBS Rocks !
>
>
>
> "Geoff Davis" <BLDSupport@woodandco.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:9057bc55.0404190932.1b5d0482@posting.google.com...
> > Help Required Please
> >
> > I have just upgraded a small ofice network as follows:
> >
> > Was:
> > Server SBS 4.5, Clients: 1 x Win95C, 10 x Win98SE, 4 x Win2000 prof.
> >
> > Now:
> > Did not upgrade the original server but installed brand new DELL 2600
> > Poweredge running SBS 2003 premium. There are two Network cards, one
> > for internal LAN and one dedicated to a Zoom X4 Router/Firewall for an
> > ADSL connection to the internet. Router IP is 10.0.0.50, NIC for
> > Router IP: 10.0.0.60, Server NIC IP 10.0.0.1, Clients get their IPs
> > from server DHCP in the scope 10.0.0.100 to 10.0.0.255
> >
> > We did not migrate the accounts from the old server but started with a
> > clean *** and set up new accounts. The configurations on the
> > Win98SE and the Win95C clients were changed manually following the
> > instructions in SB2003 help file and this user group. I have set up
> > to use DCHP on the server and have used WinIPCfg on all the clients to
> > realease and renew their IP addresses.
> >
> > Everything went suprisingly smoothly; all Win98SE clients, except two,
> > are operating perfectly.
> >
> > Each of the faulty clients are exhibiting the same 2 problems:
> > 1) They refuse to access the Internet but will access the
> > 'CompanyWeb'.
> > 2) When Outlook 2000 starts it thinks about it for some time (I
> > assumme the time out of 30 secs) and then displays a dialog box
> > "Exchange Server Unavailable" and offer the following 3 options;
> > Retry, Work Offline or Cancel. On one PC clicking Retry will
> > immediately open the mailbox from the server. On the other PC it only
> > responds after going through the Retry process 2 or 3 times.
> >
> > These two machines seem to have no problems browing the internal
> > network and can 'see' all other clients on the Network.
> >
> > We have a various mixture of client PCs, mainly Gateway & Dell
> > purchased over the last three or four years. The two faulty PCs are
> > not the same hardware and they have different Network cards.
> >
> > All the IP address details and Network/IP configurations are the same
> > on all Client PCs i.e. everything obtained from DHCP.
> >
> > I've tried removing the Network Card (from the Device Manager) and
> > reinstalling it to no avail.
> >
> > It hair-tearing time, can anybody help prevent an old, and rapidly
> > getting older by the minute, man going insane. All suggestions
> > greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Geoff Davis