Re: Page Cannot Be Displayed

From: Les Connor [SBS MVP] (les.connor_at_DEL.cfive.ca)
Date: 08/10/04


Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 18:26:19 -0500

159211 Diagnoses and Treatment of Black Hole Routers
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=159211

What is the MTU set to on the router ?

-- 
Les Connor [SBS MVP]
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SBS Rocks !
"Les Connor [SBS MVP]" <les.connor@DEL.cfive.ca> wrote in message 
news:O8FEv7yfEHA.2848@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Did you fix something?
>
> I can connect to both these servers and the link to the RWW works, and 
> they provide certificates that look ok. (I really don't know why you'd 
> publish your default web site, though ;-/)
>
> It appears that the problem isn't on the servers, and doesn't exist 
> between where I sit and the servers. Hope that helps.
>
> Have you tested for a black-hole router (MTU size).
>
> -- 
> Les Connor [SBS MVP]
> -------------------------------------
> SBS Rocks !
>
>
>
> "Les Connor [SBS MVP]" <les.connor@DEL.cfive.ca> wrote in message 
> news:OWdBkwyfEHA.4092@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> It all looks very confusing to an outsider ;-/.
>>
>> Are these two sbs installations related to each other in any way? If 
>> they're in separate physical locations and can and do exist 
>> independently, I'd suggest reducing the description down to one network 
>> and working on it.
>>
>> I do have a question or two, though. These Netopia routers, do they have 
>> lan and wan interfaces, with IP's assigned to them. I'm not sure I 
>> understand the reason for the IP addressing on the external nic - sorry 
>> if you explained it somewhere.
>>
>> Another approach may be to test your connectivity within the lan, 
>> completely - ensuring all resources are accessible. Once that is proven, 
>> then if external access is not right at least we have an idea of where to 
>> look.
>>
>> -- 
>> Les Connor [SBS MVP]
>> -------------------------------------
>> SBS Rocks !
>>
>>
>>
>> "Ken" <Ken@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
>> news:F7A79D08-4ABC-469D-BE65-4AA7201FC9E9@microsoft.com...
>>> OH and BTW, I've been reading post about this issue on more than a few 
>>> sites
>>> (just plain ole due dillegence)...while misery loves company, I'm 
>>> starting to
>>> wonder if something else is amiss, that DNS packet size issue may not be 
>>> the
>>> culprit...
>>> has anyone actually resolved this issue? If so I could'nt find any 
>>> followup
>>> (or thank you's <smile>)...Again any help appreciated
>>>
>>> "Ken" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Just for clarity (xcuse the long post), here is a clearer picture of 
>>>> what is
>>>> going on:
>>>> 1) A XP Home machine serviced by SBC (Ameritech) can connect to:
>>>> http://400sc.mergerx.net AND https://400sc.mergerx.net/remote, and 
>>>> log-on w/o
>>>> issue. It cannot connect to http://thg-server.tophatgolf.com (page 
>>>> cannot be
>>>> displayed)
>>>>
>>>> 2) A NT Workstation (at Cleveland Clinic) can connect to:
>>>> http://400sc.mergerx.net , https://400sc.mergerx.net/remote AND to
>>>> http://thg-server.tophatgolf.com, it can also log on w/o issue...
>>>>
>>>> 3) A XP pro machine serviced by SBC (Ameritech) cannot connect to:
>>>> http://400sc.mergerx.net, https//400sc.mergerx.net/remote, or
>>>> http://thg-server.tophatgolf.com. HOWEVER, it can connect to all 
>>>> websites via
>>>> AOL (using SBC's DSL broadband), although log-on to RWW fails (page 
>>>> cannot be
>>>> displayed)
>>>>
>>>> 4) Workstations connected locally to EITHER domain (Tophatgolf.local OR
>>>> Mergerx.local) on either network cannot connect to either remote 
>>>> servers
>>>> website: (http://THG-Server.tophatgolf.com OR 
>>>> http://400sc.mergerx.net).
>>>> however they can get the servers homepage and logon to the respective 
>>>> servers
>>>> (when physically on the same network)..note: local workstations 
>>>> belonging to
>>>> each domain all have XP Pro
>>>>
>>>> 5) We have physically moved thg-server.tophatgolf.com to the /29 
>>>> network
>>>> 68.21.227.161 (gw x.x.x.166), once there, SOME pages could be resolved 
>>>> (for
>>>> workstation in example #1). Obviously we ran the ICW again for this
>>>> particular sub-net
>>>>
>>>> Noteworthy. both /29 networks use SBCglobal as the ISP; same service 
>>>> level,
>>>> same Netopia routers. NAT, DHCP is disabled, basically, all firewall
>>>> functions of the router are disabled, and we have compared each routers
>>>> settings page by page. We have likewise compared DHCP, DNS, & Remote 
>>>> Access
>>>> page by page. I am a experience netAdmin (15yrs)..I'm stumped. Named 
>>>> servers
>>>> are 206.141.193.55 & 66.73.20.40 (both networks)
>>>>
>>>> -I've checked certificates, trusted sites, you name it..I'm baffled.
>>>> topology is simple, DSL router (netopia) > NIC #1  Switch> NIC #2 and
>>>> workstations
>>>>
>>>> here are the IP config's:
>>>>
>>>> Windows IP Configuration
>>>>
>>>>    Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : 400SC
>>>>    Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . : MergeRX.local
>>>>    Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
>>>>    IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
>>>>    WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
>>>>    DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : MergeRX.local
>>>>
>>>> Ethernet adapter Network Connection:
>>>>
>>>>    Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
>>>>    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network 
>>>> Connection
>>>>    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-11-1F-78-F9
>>>>    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
>>>>    IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.21.227.165
>>>>    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.0.0.0
>>>>    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 68.21.227.166
>>>>    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3
>>>>    Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3
>>>>    NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
>>>>
>>>> Ethernet adapter Server Local Area Connection:
>>>>
>>>>    Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
>>>>    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast
>>>> Ethernet
>>>> NIC
>>>>    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-30-BD-2E-C1-BE
>>>>    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
>>>>    IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3
>>>>    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>>>>    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
>>>>    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3
>>>>    Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3
>>>>
>>>> AND for the 2nd Server:
>>>>
>>>> Windows IP Configuration
>>>>
>>>>    Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : thg-server
>>>>    Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . : TopHatGolf.local
>>>>    Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
>>>>    IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
>>>>    WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
>>>>    DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : TopHatGolf.local
>>>>
>>>> Ethernet adapter Network Connection:
>>>>
>>>>    Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
>>>>    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast
>>>> Ethernet
>>>> NIC
>>>>    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-40-F4-99-FC-AF
>>>>    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
>>>>    IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.76.93.146
>>>>    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.0.0.0
>>>>    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 68.76.93.150
>>>>    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
>>>>    Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
>>>>    NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
>>>>
>>>> Ethernet adapter Server Local Area Connection:
>>>>
>>>>    Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
>>>>    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network 
>>>> Connection
>>>>    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-C0-9F-3D-27-DA
>>>>    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
>>>>    IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
>>>>    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>>>>    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
>>>>    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
>>>>    Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
>>>>
>>>> We are not trying to do any trust or other complexities, it's just 
>>>> users in
>>>> both domains need access to each domains sharepoint site. As mentioned, 
>>>> as
>>>> far as I can tell, the assorted browsers are configured properly. We 
>>>> can
>>>> figure out if this a browser specific issue, a OS issue, a local DNS 
>>>> issue, a
>>>> WAN issue or what the heck..These are BRAND NEW Dell SC servers, again 
>>>> the
>>>> OS's are darn near shrink wrapped, plain vanillia (wizard configs 
>>>> only).
>>>> These are scheduled for production now. We can't by CAL's or anything 
>>>> w/o
>>>> resolution...I appreciate ANY guesses..Thanks folks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Marina Roos [SBS-MVP]" wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Hi Ken,
>>>> >
>>>> > Can you post the ipconfig/all from the servers? You know that XP Home 
>>>> > can't
>>>> > join a domain, right?
>>>> >
>>>> > -- 
>>>> > Regards,
>>>> >
>>>> > Marina
>>>> > Microsoft SBS-MVP
>>>> >
>>>> > "Ken" <Ken@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
>>>> > news:078344A7-D4BC-44DF-AC9B-C9163314B0C8@microsoft.com...
>>>> > > Urgent Mystery of Mysteries...we got 2 NEW Dell servers running SBS 
>>>> > > 2003
>>>> > (no
>>>> > > ISA), both have correct A records with EasyDNS, both have same DSL 
>>>> > > service
>>>> > > with SBC, both have fixed IP's, both have same service level, both 
>>>> > > have
>>>> > been
>>>> > > configured "plain jane" using ICW, ect (each is regestered with a
>>>> > different
>>>> > > TLD with Easy DNS however). We have spent WEEKS combing through the
>>>> > routers,
>>>> > > IIS, ect to find ANY differences. We have re-installed SBS 2003 on 
>>>> > > both
>>>> > > several times; yet for whatever reason we get a "page cannot be 
>>>> > > displayed"
>>>> > > sort of "willy nilly". Some clients can connect to both (a NT 
>>>> > > workstation
>>>> > a a
>>>> > > hospital), some cannot connect to either using SBC, some XP Home 
>>>> > > pc's can
>>>> > > connect to one and not the other, stranger still, the server home 
>>>> > > page
>>>> > will
>>>> > > work using AOL, but not SBC (same PC). Worse, we can change 
>>>> > > locations, and
>>>> > > the issue seems to "partially" resolve (2 seperate locations using
>>>> > different
>>>> > > /29 networks). At this juncture, we cannot "go-live" and it is 
>>>> > > holding up
>>>> > > business, any help APPRECIATED (I can forgoe security concerns and 
>>>> > > reveal
>>>> > > domain, IP's, ect..whats the difference at this point?)
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>
>>
>
> 


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