OK confusion and headache aside from trying to visualize your environment from your emails.
1. Do you have a Sonicwall firewall and/or MS PPTP Server? 2. A number of times in this thread (my reply included) a WINS server has been mentioned, yet you keep referring to LMHOSTS files. Do you know if you have a WINS server? As a number of people have said, your answer is to connect to a firewall via VPN and have a WINS server available to perform name resolution for you, thus removing the need for your LMHOSTS file and resolving other PCs in the domain. There are more elegant and functional solutions but that is probably the simplest and easiest for you to implement. As an aside http://www.mcseco-op.com/_vti_bin/shtml.exe/rules.htm is a link that includes instructions on how to submit to an MCSE study list (Saluki). Many generic questions such as yours are fielded by MCSEs and students and there is no off topic subjects as long as it involves an MS product in some way. -----Original Message----- From: Tener, Richard [mailto:RTener@;midship.com] Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 2:52 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: VPN breaks Outlook Yes I can connect to the vpn and read email from the exchange server. I can find the exchange server if I look for it through search for computers on network. We use lmhost file to connect to the exchange server. My VPN server is the primary domain contoller and when i search for it on the network i cant find it. But if i go to my firewall over the internet and enter a username and password to bypass it I can find any computer on the network. I want to be able to search for all computers on my network without bypassing the firewall. If anyone knows what port to open or what to do i would appreciate it. thanks rich ps sorry for hijacking this thread. -----Original Message----- From: Byron Kennedy [mailto:byron@;markettools.com] Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 12:05 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: VPN breaks Outlook Does the vpn work in general from behind the firewall? Do other protocols like icmp work? Is the vpn site-to-site or client-gateway? -----Original Message----- From: Tener, Richard [mailto:RTener@;midship.com] Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 7:55 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: VPN breaks Outlook Does anyone know what port I would have to open on my sonic wall to let people browse the network over the vpn. If i bypass my firewall at home i can search for computers on my the network but if i dont i cannot find any computers rich\\\thanks > -----Original Me> > ssage----- > From: Andrey Fyodorov [mailto:afyodorov@;innerhost.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 10:12 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: VPN breaks Outlook > > > Would you like me to give you an example? > > we are a hosting company. Customers connect to our Exchange > servers from all > over the world, from a variety of client OSes. Their machines are not > members of our domain. They can't possibly use our WINS. > > What would you do to allow their PCs to resolve the short name of our > Exchange server? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:roger.seielstad@;inovis.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 4:31 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: VPN breaks Outlook > > > No there aren't. There are times in which its easier than doing it a > different way, but that doesn't mean there are times in which they > must be used. > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE > Sr. Systems Administrator > Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity > Atlanta, GA > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andrey Fyodorov [mailto:afyodorov@;innerhost.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 2:17 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: VPN breaks Outlook > > > > > > there are some situations when one must use HOSTS file. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ely, Don [mailto:dely@;TripathImaging.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 12:07 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: VPN breaks Outlook > > > > > > Neither, use WINS and DNS, works every time... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: RBHATIA [mailto:RBHATIA@;AIIM.ORG] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 9:18 AM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: VPN breaks Outlook > > > > > > Is it the LMHOSTS file or the HOSTS file ? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tener, Richard [mailto:RTener@;midship.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 9:24 AM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: VPN breaks Outlook > > > > > > yes you should use the lmhost file on the client pc to map to your > > exchange server thats what we use here at my office and it > works good. > > If you need > > more help dont hesitate to email me. > > > > rich > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: JPC [mailto:jpciocon@;hotmail.com] > > Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 8:10 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: VPN breaks Outlook > > > > > > Hi, folks: > > > > Mixed mode, currently migrating users from 5.5 to E2k. Remote users > > have Outlook 2002 on W2k Professional laptops and Alcatel > > PERMIT/Client. > > > > These users connect via dial-up, they can access their mailboxes and > > send/receive no problem. When they use LinkSys router and > DSL, they > > can access our network, the internet and other network resources > > EXCEPT for their mailboxes on the E2k server. Synchronization > > failure messages are > > related to "network problems preventing access to the > > Exchange server" or > > the RPC message box "retrieving data from Exchange server". These > > eventually fail and nothing is exchanged between the client > > and their server > > mailbox. > > > > Has anyone seen this? 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