Re: Outlook2003 Cached mode and VPN to SBS2003

From: Matt Gibson (mattg_at_blueedgetech.ca)
Date: 02/03/05 

Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 15:13:26 -0800

I second Les...in my experience, Outlook over VPN is NOT fun.

Matt Gibson - GSEC

"Les Connor [SBS Community Member - SBS MVP]" <les.connor@DEL.cfive.ca>
wrote in message news:eMK4ETkCFHA.3740@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi Paul,
>
> I'd certainly implement Outlook RPC/HTTP for those laptops that can use it
> (XP). RPC/HTTP is quite good at adjusting to differing connection types
> without further configuration. It works on dialup, hi-speed, local,
> remote - it just works.
>
> I don't have a solution for those that have to use VPN, sorry. (other
> than upgrade them to XP so you can use RPC/HTTP).
>
> --
> Les Connor [SBS Community Member - SBS MVP]
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> SBS Rocks !
>
>
> "Paul" <Paul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B44177D4-E3B3-4359-973E-2C10C6EA25EE@microsoft.com...
>>I have several laptops setup with Outlook in cached mode. In the office
>>when
>> connected to the LAN all is ok. When the laptops are out in the field the
>> users log on locally to their cached domain profile, then they will start
>> a
>> VPN connection and use outlook. Initially all is ok but after a while,
>> though
>> the VPN connection is still active Outlook has trouble accessing
>> exchange. As
>> initially it works ok, is it an idle timeout type thing similar to
>> exchange
>> disconnecting idle connections to non persistant mapped drives? The
>> laptops
>> have win2k or XP, rpc over HTTP is not ideal as a common solution would
>> be
>> better(eg VPN). I have updated Outlook to latest patches, though believe
>> the
>> O/S's are not necessarily fully patched up to date. win2k are at least
>> sp4
>> and XP is sp2, the VPN connections are box standard except I have added
>> the
>> SBS LAN IP as the WINS server. Also on the server I have used the SBS LAN
>> IP
>> in the remote access wizard not FQDN (servername.domain.local). Any
>> advice
>> would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>
>

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