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Need Java for Windows Server Standard 2003

I am trying to set up a LAN behind a SonicWall Pro 100 firewall. I am using a new installation of Windows Server Standard 2003. This firewall is currently in use by my old server running Windows 2000 SBS.

The newer server has Windows Explorer 6.0.3790.3959 SP2. The older one has as slightly older viesrion of Windwos Explorer 6.0.2800.1106.

The new server is able to access the internet when I connect it directly to the dsl router, but when I put it behind the firewall there is no internet access. When I try to navigate to the SonicWall setup page in the browser, I can't log in because I get the request "Please turn on Java to log in."

I have tried to duplicate the Windows Explorer settings between the old server and the new server but I notice in the options for the older server under the Security Tab there is a Microsoft VM option for Java which the newer browser doesn't show.

Is this the probem? That for some reason I don't have the Microsoft VM for Java option in the browser? If so, what do I do next so that I can set up my firewall.

rreiss60

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rreiss60

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Is it unwise to put Java on the server? Is it unwise to set up the firewall from the server? You ask if I MUST set it up from the server. I don't think I MUST as I can navigate to the SonicWall setup page using the browser of another computer. Anticipating that the Server didn't have Java at all (as opposed to finding the right setting to activate it) I downloaded it to the server but I can uninstall it just as easily.

rreiss60

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Points awarded but I'm still not sure why the idea of using the server was made to sound like a bad one.

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