Re: Internet Access disappeared overnight on SBS2003

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From: Dave Nickason [SBS MVP] (gwdibble_at_NOSPAM.frontiernet.net)
Date: 02/02/05 

Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 18:27:40 -0500

Your DNS forwarders as configured by the CEICW should be those specified by
your ISP. I just go into the router's config page and see what DNS servers
the router got from the ISP's DHCP server and use those.

Then your workstations should be pointing only to the SBS for DNS.

If this isn't how your setup is working, please make sure your DNS Server
service is running, and check the DNS logs for errors (in the same place as
the other server logs).

"Steve Stewart" <SteveStewart@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B1DA2A51-7F32-49D8-9CEB-5D6FA2141358@microsoft.com...
> Hey y'all,
>
> Thanks for your quick replies. Here is what I have figured out. I can't
> ping
> yahoo.com, but I can ping the ip address stated below. Furthermore, when I
> manually define the DNS entry on my workstations to the router ip address,
> the internet works again. The strange thing is that when I run ICW on my
> SBS
> which is standard version BTW, I've entered the same DNS servers that are
> coming up on my router on the DHCP WAN side. That seems a little strange,
> huh? Are there some generic DNS servers that I could enter into my ICW and
> then ipconfig /release /renew my machines and see what happens? I think we
> are on to something.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> "Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Your laptop situation makes me think the router and other to do with the
>> actual Internet connection are OK. Your ability to communicate between
>> the
>> server and the workstations makes me think the server NIC is OK.
>>
>> Do you have any errors logged on the server? Can you browse from the
>> server? Is this SBS standard or premium (IOW is ISA involved)? Can you
>> ping 68.142.226.41 from the server (sorry yahoo)?
>>
>> What are the workstations showing for default gateway?
>>
>>
>> "Steve Stewart" <Steve Stewart@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> news:669BF8A1-2770-4A4F-87C6-81E005878125@microsoft.com...
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I have an SBS2003 that has been configured and running successfully for
>> > two
>> > weeks. Internet access is unavailable now. No modifications were made.
>> > I
>> > can
>> > bind a laptop nic directly to the external router and access internet
>> > just
>> > fine. Server and desktops can't access internet. I have replaced the
>> > router,
>> > reloaded the NIC, gone through Dell tech support, etc. Computers and
>> > server
>> > can communicate together just fine. I reran ICW several times, and all
>> > ipconfig info looks fine. This is basic version of SBS 2003. Any ideas?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Steve
>>
>>
>>

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