Problem connecting to the intranet on SBS2003

From: Lester Bennett (lbennett_at_entcom_com_au.n0spam)
Date: 11/07/04 

Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 07:57:56 +1000

I have just setup an SBS 2003 Standard server with two NICs, external NIC
connected to an ADSL Modem/Router and applied all the latest patches.
The next step is to connect some Windows 2000 workstations to the server.
I've created users and workstation entries on the server then from a
workstation I've opened IE and entered http://EVASRV01/ConnectComputer but
get the error "The Page Cannot be Connected". Same happens trying to connect
to any of the intranet sites. I can ping the servername and companyweb OK.
I tried renaming the workstation to something not defined on the server then
manually joined the domain from the workstation and tried again but had the
same problem.
I can open Companyweb and Exchange from the server so it looks like IIS is
working OK. A search of this newsgroup showed a lot of people having the
same problem but most were caused by wrong DNS settings. My workstation is
getting it's IP information from DHCP on the server and has the correct DNS.
I've tried setting a fixed DNS to the server on the workstation but this
didn't work either.
Following are the TCP/IP settings for both the workstation and the server.

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : EVAWS02
        Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . : extravision.local
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : extravision.local

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : extravision.local
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network
Connection
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-07-E9-D6-97-EC
        DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.21
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
        Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, November 08, 2004
7:19:07 AM

        Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, November 16, 2004
7:19:07 AM

Windows SBS 2003 Standard
Windows IP Configuration

   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : evasrv01
   Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : extravision.local
   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
   DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : extravision.local

Ethernet adapter Server Local Area Connection:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast
Ethernet
NIC
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-EA-41-76-B4
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
   Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2

Ethernet adapter Network Connection:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : D-Link DFE-530TX PCI Fast Ethernet
Adapte
r (rev.B)
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-05-5D-01-E5-A1
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
   Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

I can access the internet from the workstation which of course is going
through the firewall on the server.
Any help or suggestions appreciated.

Lester Bennett

Relevant Pages

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    (microsoft.public.mac.virtualpc)
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