Re: Connecting to Exchange...

On 2008-06-24 10:42:39 -0500, "Cliff Galiher" <cgaliher@xxxxxxxxx> said:

First, you *really* should let SBS be the DHCP server. DHCP is a complicated beast that does more than just assign IP addresses. It also has various option flags that, in SBS-land, make other components work. Your router doesn't know and doesn't care about these flags...and you will end up having problems.

For example, The SBS DHCP server will make it the NTP time server for clients. Your router won't. If the clock on the client skews too much, you get kerberos problems....can't log in. And that is just an example off the top of my head. I understand the desire to keep your server minimalist and only run exchange, but DNS and DHCP should be considered "essential" SBS components.

Unfortunately, this is not an option.


Now, on to your other questions:

1) Are you pinging and trying to connect on the LAN or across a WAN link?

Pings on LAN, does not on WAN.

2) What is the client OS?

WinXP Pro

3) Was the computer joined to the domain using the connect computer wizard?

Do you mean the server computer itself? No. If you are talking about the client computer, no, because it is never at the server location an only needs Outlook Exchange.

4) Have you applied all service packs and updates to the server AND the client?

Yes.

5) Does the server or client have any third-party security products installed? If so, what are they?

No.

Not being able to ping sounds like a firewall issue, but pinpointing where that problem lies requires answers to one or more of the questions above...

-Cliff


"Ethon Bridges" <ethonbridges@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:2008062408351416807-ethonbridges@xxxxxxxxxxx
I have recently installed SBS2003 on a Dell PowerEdge server.

I cannot ping my server or connect to Exchange with Outlook, however, I can log in to Exchange/OWA via a web browser using the server's static IP or DNS name.

I am not using anything else about SBS except Exchange at this point. I have another router providing DHCP and don't want anything else running except Exchange.

I currently have the main SBS page redirected to only the OWA page.

Can anyone help me through the process of figuring out why I can't ping or access the server with Outlook?


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