Re: SBS Issues

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From: Marina Roos [SBS-MVP] (marina_at_roos.nodontwantspam.nl.com)
Date: 06/29/04 

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 02:18:09 +0200

Hi Paul,

Can you post the ipconfig/all from the server? DNS on the clients should
really *only* point to the server-IP. The ipconfig/all from the clients
should show that everything is pointing to your server-IP. 

-- 
Regards,
Marina
Microsoft SBS-MVP
"Paul Jonson" <paulj@intheus.com> schreef in bericht
news:kx2Ec.4235$b6.3486@newssvr27.news.prodigy.com...
> I've done this.  Still can't surf without the other DNS entries.
>
> "pkuhn" <melissa_peter@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:upvtqFVXEHA.1152@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Paul,
> >
> > setup your DNS for forwarding:
> > Server Management => Advanced Management => Computer Management =>
> Services
> > and Applications => DNS => yourcomputer => right mouse/properties =>
> > Forwarders Tab and now add the DNS of your ISP. Once restarted on the
> > server, try to remove these entries on your workstation and see if this
> > works.
> >
> > cheers
> > Peter
> >
> >
> > "Paul Jonson" <paulj@intheus.com> wrote in message
> > news:nOZDc.4162$jR5.2021@newssvr27.news.prodigy.com...
> > > We are experiencing a number of problems on a SBS installation that
may
> be
> > > related.
> > >
> > > Issue 1
> > > Every evening the users are disconnected from the server.  The icons
and
> > > mapped drives still exist on the workstations, but the users receive
and
> > > error when attempting to use any network resources.  If the users log
> out
> > at
> > > night and reconnect in the morning, there are no errors.
> > >
> > > Issue 2
> > > There are certain domain names are giving the DNS server problems.
> > > Particularly www.adobe.com and www.lexmark.com.  The users cannot
> connect
> > to
> > > those domains.  I have deleted their entries from the DNS cache.  They
> are
> > > recreated but still don't work.
> > >
> > > Issue 3
> > > Log on times are long.  It takes about 5 minutes for the workstations
to
> > > connect to the server when we log in.  We have the IP address of the
> > server
> > > set as the first DNS server but we have had to leave the DNS server IP
> > > address for the ISPs servers for the users to connect to the internet.
> I
> > > have tried removing those IP addresses from the workstations, but then
> > they
> > > can't connect to the Internet.
> > >
> > > Issue 4
> > > Attempting to connect to companyweb from any of the machines does not
> > work.
> > >
> > > It all seems like DNS issues, but I can't get them resolved.
> > >
> > > Windows SBS 2003 advanced edition.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help,
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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