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No external access to RWW and OWA using SBS 2008
We are currently having a problem with external access to our companies RWW page. This use to work when we went to https://remote.company.co.uk but no longer seems to. It is the same for all our company urls, apart from when viewing the internal company web page externaly https://remote.company.co.uk:987
All the correct ports are forwarded on the router and the deafult comapny page works when you go to it from inside the network. DNS is also pointing to the correct IP.
I can ping remote.company.co.uk and get a reply and see the IP address is correct, but nothing happens if I try and access this page from ie or any other browser.
Any help much appriecated! Thanks!
All the correct ports are forwarded on the router and the deafult comapny page works when you go to it from inside the network. DNS is also pointing to the correct IP.
I can ping remote.company.co.uk and get a reply and see the IP address is correct, but nothing happens if I try and access this page from ie or any other browser.
Any help much appriecated! Thanks!
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Yes port 443 is forwarded to SBS, so is port 80 for http.
RWW is working internally!
Regards,
RWW is working internally!
Regards,
okay, port 80 doesn't need to be open, so it's best to close it for security reasons. (uless there is a website runningon your sbs, but that is not really advisable)
So is your certificate the same as the FQDN?
use this url: https://remote.yourdomain.com/remote
is the certificate pointing to the default? remote.yourdomain.com?
what error do you get surfing to that url?
So is your certificate the same as the FQDN?
use this url: https://remote.yourdomain.com/remote
is the certificate pointing to the default? remote.yourdomain.com?
what error do you get surfing to that url?
Hi, is port 4125 setup?
"Hi, is port 4125 setup?" not needed in SBS 2008, ONLY port 443
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Not sure the certificate really matters in this case beacuse when I go to the url https://remote.yourdomain.com/remote it does nothing..... after about a minute or two it just gives me the standard can't find page etc. But I will look into this, just to double check it isn't the cause.
Port 4125 is not setup...... is this important? Thought is was only for sbs 2003 not 2008?
Port 4125 is not setup...... is this important? Thought is was only for sbs 2003 not 2008?
ASKER
Ok... the certificate is not the problem here.. as I have checked it and all is fine. I am starting to think this is a problem with the service running on the server. How can I check in SBS 2008 that RWW is running how it should... baring in mind the url works internally. Also how can I check port 443 is forwarded correctly. Normally I would use this http://www.canyouseeme.org/ but port 443 gets refused, although I think this is pretty standard?!
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Ok .... turns out this is a port 443 problem. We have a very rubbish Be Box (Be Broadband) Thomson router.... I have done some research into this and turns out this router sometimes has issues with forwarding on port 443. Anyway found this link http://www.smallbizserver.net/Forums/tabid/53/view/topic/postid/98818/forumid/103/tpage/1/Default.aspx
So thanks for all your help guys.
So thanks for all your help guys.
port 443 is forwarded to the SBS?
does the RWW work internally?
Regards,
suppsaws