Re: Mobile Computers Cannot Access Internet away from 'home'

From: Woody2003 (Woody2003_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/22/05 

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 06:31:05 -0800

Yes, Mal, I do not think it is/was enabled. (Tools ... Options ...
Connections ... Lan Settings ... Proxy etc. is blank). Does SBS 2003 include
a proxy server? If the vendor set up a policy to point the clients at a/the
proxy server would that override or prevent a manual setting?

Thanks for your response and thoughts.

Woody

"Mal Osborne" wrote:

> You have disabled the proxy in IE I assume...
>
> Mal Osborne
> MCSE MVP Mensa
>
>
> "Woody2003" <Woody2003@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:608291C3-6A8C-4325-B759-92A03034CEFC@microsoft.com...
> >I am an SBS2003 newbie and hope someone can help me. I have a new sbs2003
> > setup (set up by the vendor) with new xp workstations and two existing XP
> > laptops which have been joined to the new domain (I used to have an NT4
> > server - and that was my comfort zone!). My problem is that whenever the
> > laptops are connected to the internet via dial-up, ethernet or wireless at
> > locations other than where the sbs2003 domain is, they cannot browse the
> > web.
> >
> > They can ping and browse internet addresses by IP address and they can VPN
> > to the sbs2003 domain, but do not seem to be able to resolve domain names.
> > They can browse the web when connected via VPN - which is my current
> > (slow)
> > workaround.
> >
> > I first assumed this to be some kind of DNS problem - and that the laptops
> > were 'locked-in' to the sbs2003 server DNS however ipconfig/all indicated
> > that the laptops were picking up the ISP DNS server addresses OK.
> >
> > I am now wondering if it is a firewall issue. Either way it seems to be a
> > policy the vendor has set up which is causing this. XP's firewall and
> > automatic update features are greyed out because they are set by a policy.
> > The server also has Symantec anti-virus and groupware protection, and I
> > have
> > an inkling that may be involved in this.
> >
> > I talked to the vendor and he said that a virus or adware had corrupted
> > winsock and directed me to a third party tool to fix winsock. I do not
> > accept that advice, as the virus/adware would have to have hit both
> > laptops
> > the day the NT4 box was replaced with the SBS2003 box, because they were
> > happily roaming and browsing the web from all over the place before that.
> >
> > I removed one of the the laptops from the SBS2003 domain and just assigned
> > it to a workgroup, and the problem went away - however I uninstalled
> > Anti-virus at the same time (because it was looking for the server) - so I
> > am
> > not sure if that had something to do with it.
> >
> > Is this sort of behaviour known to anyone who can give me some direction
> > as
> > to where in the polocies I need to start looking? TIA
>
>
>

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