Re: Internet Access disappeared overnight on SBS2003

From: Steve Stewart (SteveStewart_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/02/05 

Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 15:35:05 -0800

Right. I've done that. I'm pretty sure that all of my ISP's DNS servers are
down. I'm going to use a couple others, if I can find them.

"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" wrote:

> 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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