Re: Windows Firewall & GPO
- From: "BoboTWG" <aaron.nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 14:24:50 GMT
Yeah, I did not like that diagnosis either. It is Premium with ISA
installed. Where (besides in the connections tab of IE) would I look to
ensure that it is not looking for the ISA server?
Aaron
"Chad A. Gross [SBS MVP]" <chad.gross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:OuMpDrhQFHA.2788@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi Aaron -
>
> When you're in the Windows Firewall GPO, you'll notice that there are two
> different profiles - Domain Profile and Standard Profile. The domain
> profile controls the settings that are applied to the Windows Firewall
when
> the PC is present on the domain. The Standard Profile handles what
settings
> the Windows Firewall gets when it isn't on the domain. SO - the short
story
> is that the Domain Profile is only loaded if the domain is present during
> logon (i.e. - the boss is in the office) - otherwise, if the domain isn't
> present during logon (i.e. boss is anywhere else), then the Standard
Profile
> kicks in.
>
> Now having said all that - I leery about the diagnosis that the Windows
> Firewall was to blame. Is this SBS Premium w/ ISA installed? And is the
> firewall client installed on the laptop? If so - it could be that the
> laptop is looking for your ISA / proxy server, and the fact that it can't
> find it is preventing internet access . . .
>
> --
>
> Chad A. Gross - SBS MVP
> SBS ROCKS!
>
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>
>
> BoboTWG wrote:
> > Hello, my boss was a little upset with me that he could not connect
> > to the internet to download a needed codec so that his son could
> > watch a DVD while on vacation. I had just purchased a few licenses
> > for Netswitcher to load on some of the mobile computing users laptops
> > but had not had a chance to set one up. So of course he became the
> > first. I ran into a couple of problems but finally got his normal (in
> > the office) profile to work and a profile that allowed him to use an
> > out of the office broadband connection to work.
> >
> > We get free dial up through SBC since they handle our in the office
> > broadband connection and I tried to set that up. I can dial out and
> > it says that it is connected but I cannot bring up any web pages. I
> > called SBC support after messing with it for a couple of hours and
> > their answer was that the Windows Firewall is getting in the way. Now
> > for my question, how do I change the GPO for the Windows Firewall to
> > allow him to disable it when needed? I have been in the Group Policy
> > Manager and found one named Windows Firewall but cannot figure out
> > what I am supposed to do to make these changes? Any help would be
> > greatly appreciated. Thank you.
> >
> > Aaron
>
>
>
.
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