Re: Remote Access Sluggish

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Hello Owen
Thanks for your email
I have checked device manager and one nic has been labelled
In network properties this nic is called "Server Local Area Connection" and
on rt clicking it is disabled
I have gone to "network connection" tcp/ip advanced and enabled NETBIOS of
Tcpip
I have run CEICW and will monitor it over the next few days

Remote acces is sluggish using RDP and RWW

Let me report to you over the next few days
Regards
Auni Jaffer

"Owen Williams [SBS MVP]" <Owen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:MPG.20fcb1034cd2c56698976f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In article <evW4GAlwHHA.5040@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, aunijaffer@xxxxxxxxxxx
says...

I manage mostly single-NIC SBSs, so let me see if I can help out here.

Some observations:

1) Your server NIC has the name "Network Connection." That's just a name
(technically, it has no operational significance), but in a single-NIC
configuration, the _default_ name assigned during setup is "Server Local
Area
Connection." The name "Network Connection" is used only in a 2-NIC
configuration and is assigned to the WAN (external) NIC. So I'm wondering
whether both NICs were enabled during SBS setup and therefore the SBS
network
configuration is a little screwy.

2) Cris is correct that for a 1-NIC SBS, the TCP/IP configuration should
have
"NetBIOS over Tcpip" _enabled_. In a 2-NIC SBS, the "Network Connection"
(external) NIC has this _disabled_, so again I'm wondering about the
initial
setup.

Given the above: Fix the "NetBIOS over Tcpip" issue, ensure the other
(unused)
NIC is explicitly and definitely disabled, then re-run the Configure
E-mail and
Internet Connection Wizard (CEICW).

3) You weren't completely clear about what aspect of remote access is
"sluggish." Is it Outlook Web Access? Remote Desktop? Something else?

4) Notwithstanding your comment about the variable responsiveness
happening
from two remote locations, there is a common factor: the Internet
connection
where the SBS itself is located. In addition, you say remote access is
sometimes fine and sometimes sluggish. If you did _not_ have the other
network
issues discussed above, the _first_ thing I would suspect is the Internet
itself. I have a peer-to-peer (not SBS) client who uses RDP from
California to
remote into a computer in Maryland (~3,000 miles). He does this 8-10
hours a
day and was getting snappy response for 10 months. A couple of months ago
he
had several days of really slow response. Long story short, the issue was
just
Internet traffic levels and slowness. It eventually corrected itself.
Today's
Internet is a "best effort" communications medium: it usually works fine,
but
there are no _guaranteed_ response times.

-- Owen Williams [SBS MVP]

Hello Cris
The 2nd nic does not show up in rt click network properties
below is the ipconfig /all
However, although it says DHCP Enabled "No" I have checked services and
it
is automatic and started.
Also I checked the DHCP on the router and it is disabled
So I am a bit confused.

Microsoft Windows [Version 5.2.3790]

(C) Copyright 1985-2003 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : SERVER1

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : ucrs.local

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : ucrs.local

Ethernet adapter Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network
Connection

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-43-EF-2D-0B

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.39

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.39

Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.39

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled


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