Re: cannot connect to /remote externally

Hi Chad,

Are you trying https://remote.ourdomain.com/remote from an external location, or from within the lan?
Does RWW work from within the lan, if you enter https://<servername>/remote ?

From an external location, what happens if you run this from a command
prompt: telnet remote.ourdomain.com 443 ? Do you get a blank screen with a flashing cursor, or something else?

Does OWA work? From an external location, type https://remote.ourdomain.com/exchange.


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Les Connor [SBS MVP]


"chadsichello" <chadsichello@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:3E2F4465-81AF-43C1-992D-DE9CA02E4EDB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Cris, Thanks for the quick reply. We did exactly what you outlined
below, to the 'T'. There is an A host record setup to point to
remote.ourdomain.com, it resolves and works fine for the companyweb, but it
does not work for the Default Website setup in IIS. Any suggestions? To
test our server out, I just setup another site up in IIS on port 8181 (HTTP)
and port 445 (SSL), then I created an access rule in ISA server, and I
created a default.htm file that said 'Hello, World!'. It works fine, we can
access it on both HTTP and HTTPS... I then compared the rule to access the
Default Website instance in IIS that the remote services are setup on, and
they are setup exactly the same. I'm at my rope's end here, and a re-install
of SBS server is simply not an option. Any suggestions...
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Chad Sichello / G-SKY


"Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]" wrote:

When you run the ICW to are asked for the URL for the self-signed cert, you
should enter whatever url you have set up an A record for with your Public
DNS provider that points to your public IP
This same URL is usually referenced in your MX record.

If this A record is setup as remote.domain.com then when you create the
self signed cert...you should put in remote.domain.com
When you attempt to connect to RWW from the outside, the URL should be
http://remote.domain.com/remote (or whatever URL followed by /remote) NO
PORT NUMBER is required
You are correct that a port Number is required to get the companyweb

Each time you run the CEICW, if you change the URL or use an IP address...it
overwrites the previous cert.
Hope that helps

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Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]
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"chadsichello" <chadsichello@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C983CB0A-496C-4BFA-AD40-44B3C821B913@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi, I've got a lingering problem. We can access our companyweb > externally
> from outside of our network at https://remote.ourdomain.com:444/, > however,
> we
> cannot access https://remote.ourdomain.com:443/remote (default ssl > port).
> We've got SBS 2003 R2 Premium edition. I've ran the Internet > Connection
> Wizard twice now, once to create a certificate using ourdomain.com and
> once
> with the IP address of our server for the cert.
>
> In both instances we get the error "Internet Explorer cannot display > the
> webpage". As I understand it, the Internet Connection Wizard is > supposed
> to
> just make this "work"... no such luck. Am I missing something???
>
> -- > Chad Sichello / G-SKY



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