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Internally hosted web site will not work on the intranet with SBS 2003
We are running a managed network with a single SBS 2003 server. The DNS server is configured with the static DNS ip addresses of our internet connection. Companyweb and Remote Web Workplace are installed and being used. The outside domain (mycompany.com) is being hosted by the SBS server with Exchange installed and operational for email, with IIS using host header values for mycompany.com. There are 2 network cards installed, card1 is WAN, card2 is LAN. Everything is connected to a managed gigabit switch, including the firewall/router. From the outside, everything works fine. Client computers within the network can access the internet with no problems.
I have 2 questions, but the 2nd is not nearly as important:
1) Does anybody have any idea why mycompany.com is not accessible from any computer within the network? The error IE gives is "This Page Cannot be Displayed... Cannot find server or DNS error."
2) Is it possible to make mycompany.com the default web page while keeping Remote Web Workplace operational. We do use mycompany.homeip.net from DynDNS for Remote Web Workplace.
Thank you!
Chris
I have 2 questions, but the 2nd is not nearly as important:
1) Does anybody have any idea why mycompany.com is not accessible from any computer within the network? The error IE gives is "This Page Cannot be Displayed... Cannot find server or DNS error."
2) Is it possible to make mycompany.com the default web page while keeping Remote Web Workplace operational. We do use mycompany.homeip.net from DynDNS for Remote Web Workplace.
Thank you!
Chris
Post IPCONGIG/all from the server also.
Post internal IP Address of the router routing to your SBS. If it is different from the server gateway.
Ray!
Post internal IP Address of the router routing to your SBS. If it is different from the server gateway.
Ray!
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The ipconfig's are below. Before that, however, I figured I'd give you some other background info:
DNS Properties:
DNS Forwarders: static DNS IP's supplied by ISP
DNS Interface: 10.0.0.2
Gateway/Firewall: 10.0.0.9
Switch (Linksys SRW2024): 10.0.0.8
Here's Server IPCONFIG /ALL (I removed actual computer name and replaced with "mycompany"):
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : psserver
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : mycompany.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mycompany.local
PPP adapter RAS Server (Dial In) Interface:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.55
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
Ethernet adapter Server Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Dual Port Network Connection #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-23-BB-DC-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2
Ethernet adapter Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Dual Port Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-23-BB-DC-00
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.9
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
Here's Client IPCONFIG /ALL (again, I removed actual computer name and replaced with "mycompany"):
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : ps104
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : mycompany.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mycompany.local
mycompany.local
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mycompany.local
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-2E-3A-00-3D
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.64
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, April 24, 2006 3:02:10 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, April 29, 2006 3:02:10 AM
DNS Properties:
DNS Forwarders: static DNS IP's supplied by ISP
DNS Interface: 10.0.0.2
Gateway/Firewall: 10.0.0.9
Switch (Linksys SRW2024): 10.0.0.8
Here's Server IPCONFIG /ALL (I removed actual computer name and replaced with "mycompany"):
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : psserver
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : mycompany.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mycompany.local
PPP adapter RAS Server (Dial In) Interface:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.55
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
Ethernet adapter Server Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Dual Port Network Connection #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-23-BB-DC-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2
Ethernet adapter Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Dual Port Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-23-BB-DC-00
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.9
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
Here's Client IPCONFIG /ALL (again, I removed actual computer name and replaced with "mycompany"):
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : ps104
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : mycompany.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mycompany.local
mycompany.local
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mycompany.local
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-2E-3A-00-3D
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.64
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, April 24, 2006 3:02:10 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, April 29, 2006 3:02:10 AM
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If your website is company.com and your router is set to direct all html or port 8o traffic to the servers wan ip, there can be problems as the router has to reroutetraffic sent to its external ip address from its internal address, which most are not capable of doing properly.
What you might want to try is putting a setting in your host file, which is in your system32\driver\etc directory
the line would be 192.168.16.2 www.company.com
Put this on one of your internal desktop machines and see if that corrects the problem you can create a more permanant solution by creatig a dns zone for company.com
David
What you might want to try is putting a setting in your host file, which is in your system32\driver\etc directory
the line would be 192.168.16.2 www.company.com
Put this on one of your internal desktop machines and see if that corrects the problem you can create a more permanant solution by creatig a dns zone for company.com
David
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Thanks guys!
I'm going to go try this now and I should have something to post by later tonight.
I'm going to go try this now and I should have something to post by later tonight.
ASKER
Jeff,
Problem solved with question 1! Accessing the internet also runs faster all together from inside the network. As soon as we reconfigured the IP's and reran CEICW, everything worked perfectly.
As for question 2, I don't think you understood what I was asking... The IP's static and mycompany.com works fine with the host header values assigned and the IP set to the WAN IP. My question is simply whether or not it's possible to somehow assign host header values to the default web site and configure IIS to give mycompany.com when there is no host header instead of giving Remote Web Workplace. We'll then assign RWW to remote.mycompany.com. I read somewhere that if you assign host header values to the default web site RWW will stop working. I did try it once with no luck (but that was before the fix above).
Thank you!
Chris
Problem solved with question 1! Accessing the internet also runs faster all together from inside the network. As soon as we reconfigured the IP's and reran CEICW, everything worked perfectly.
As for question 2, I don't think you understood what I was asking... The IP's static and mycompany.com works fine with the host header values assigned and the IP set to the WAN IP. My question is simply whether or not it's possible to somehow assign host header values to the default web site and configure IIS to give mycompany.com when there is no host header instead of giving Remote Web Workplace. We'll then assign RWW to remote.mycompany.com. I read somewhere that if you assign host header values to the default web site RWW will stop working. I did try it once with no luck (but that was before the fix above).
Thank you!
Chris
ASKER
Correction -
I just retried assigning a host header value to the default web site on port 80 and I removed the host header from mycompany.com. Both sites work and when I type in the actual external IP from outside the network mycompany.com comes up instead of RWW.
Am I OK to leave this how it is, or did I just mess up something else that I haven't noticed yet?
Thank you!
Chris
I just retried assigning a host header value to the default web site on port 80 and I removed the host header from mycompany.com. Both sites work and when I type in the actual external IP from outside the network mycompany.com comes up instead of RWW.
Am I OK to leave this how it is, or did I just mess up something else that I haven't noticed yet?
Thank you!
Chris
With regards the new remote.company.com you need to make sure that it is registered in your ISP's dns and points to your routers WAN Ip address.
Dave
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And ditto on what dhoustonie said.
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