That MSHOME.NET issue on your SBS2k3 server..... my resolution

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From: Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] (sbradcpa_at_pacbell.net)
Date: 04/25/04 

Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 19:24:01 -0700

http://msmvps.com/bradley/posts/5452.aspx

I had something unusual happen on my server. I would receive error
messages in my log files indicating that my DHCP server was shutting
down and when I would go in and look at the DHCP scope, it would
suddenly rename my domain name “mshome.net”. I've put screen shots up
on my website to show you want it looked like:
http://www.sbslinks.com/mshome.htm A couple of other people in the
newsgroups were having the same issues.

Looks like we've tracked it down to the RRAS NAT/Firewall's internal
DHCP firing up and interfering with the Windows/SBS DHCP. What I think
occurred is that because I DID NOT run the “Configure remote access
wizard”. Combine that with throwing a lot of beta's on this box and
rebooting on a daily basis because I don't treat this test system like a
“real” server and it runs more like a workstation and the RRAS's NAT
firewall's “Address assignment” got checked and because it's a DHCP
allocator as well, the SBS box naturally shuts off it's own DHCP.

To fix this, and with the expert guidance of Wes from SBS PSS support
out of Charlotte, I disabled the RRAS firewall, stopped the DHCP
services, renamed the DHCP folder underneath the windows/system32
folder, restarted the DHCP services, went to the DHCP snap in and using
the DHCP wizard rebuilt the scope. Then I reran the Internet connection
wizard, ensuring that I chose to “enable the firewall” to allow the RRAS
NAT firewall to be “rewizardized”. I then this time ran the “Configure
remote access wizard” to ensure that both wizards affecting the RRAS Nat
firewall would be run.

RRAS is now not setting up a DHCP server and the SBS server is being the
DHCP.

Big thanks to Wes for his expert assistance. Moral of this story?
Always ask for SBS support when you call PSS. :-) 

-- 
http://www.sbslinks.com/really.htm

Relevant Pages

  • RE: VPN, RRAS & DHCP
    ... DHCP correctly bound to Internal NIC. ... ISA firewall client was not used by the VPN client computer ... Check the status of the local server. ... <only when RRAS is set to obtain IP address from DHCP server. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Re: VPN Error 733, Event Log Error 20050 with SBS 2003 - revisited
    ... the RRAS servers network card is not configured as a DHCP ... this is the only DHCP server on the ... First please open Routing and Remote Access console. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • RE: VPN, RRAS & DHCP
    ... only when RRAS is set to obtain IP address from DHCP server. ... VPN connections subsequently fail again. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Re: DHCP issues (solved!)
    ... Rerun the RRAS wizard and see if that fixes it. ... I had set up a new Firewall Policy on ISA called Block Forbidden ... have DHCP connectivity!! ... on the bottom it shows "Server Local Area Connection". ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Re: Adding a printer
    ... There are things I cannot answer in the NAT RRAS setup about DNS ... Since my last post I did enable the DHCP and I then rebooted the server. ... > and that you actually mean the Configure RRAS wizard in Win2k3.... ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.networking)