As a test to hopefully narrow the issue, I might try
creating a second local user account (with full admin
privileges, of course).
When the connection bombs, log off as "Administrator"
and log on as your newly-created account. If
connectivity is restored, that would tend to confirm a
"logged-on user account" issue, and time to look
closely at what is happening to the network settings in
the Administrator hive.
If the connection remains hosed under the new logon, at
that point my advice to you is to start drinking
heavily. <grin>
Dev
--------------
Dev Anand MCSE,CCNA,A+
Network Manager
Biomorphic VLSI, Inc.
Westlake Village, CA 91362
dev_at_biomorphic.com
pcpro_at_vcnet.com
>>That's really strange.
> I know, it has me bewildered
>>Nevertheless, from your
>>description it definitely seems that it is only the
>>"logged-on user" internet settings that are getting
>>hosed after 72 hours. Everything that runs as a service
>>(or system account) appears unaffected.
> You are correct, all inbound connections to this server through its outside public
> NAT address works great all the time. However, after 72 hours all Layer 3 protocols
>stop working inside out
>>Have you had a chance to perhaps narrow the issue by
>>logging on as another administrative user when it is
>>hosed and seeing if connectivity is restored?
> Currently I log in using Terminal Services as the administrator (Win2K member
>server, not running Active Dir Services). However it acts the same under term
>services or console.
>>Another question: Do the settings get lost logged on as
>>a Domain Admin, or just logged on as the admin of the
>>local machine?
> This is a member server (stand alone machine) not part of a domain.
> Dev
>> Try this:
>>>With the box hosed, (re-)run the Internet Connection
>>>Wizard (IE.Tools.InternetOptions.Connections.Setup).
>>>This should (re-)configure your logged-on user
>>>connection settings.
>> I attempted this several times with no success, still gives me page can't be
>displayed
>>>That should fix the problem without rebooting, at least
>>>temporarily. Why it keeps "losing" its settings I have
>>>no idea. Have you done anything creative with Group
>>>Policy? :)
>> No changes made to Group Policy or any other settings, I really appreciate your
>thoughts though
>> Friday, December 27, 2002, 6:43:56 AM, you wrote:
KJ>>> Does anyone else have any ideas on this issue, thanks for the aid.
KJ>>> Keith
KJ>>> -----Original Message-----
KJ>>> From: Keith Johnson on behalf of Keith Johnson
KJ>>> Sent: Thu 12/26/2002 4:13 PM
KJ>>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
KJ>>> Cc:
KJ>>> Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Browser/FTP Issues
KJ>>> >So, Imail has no problems sending out normal user messages?
KJ>>> That is correct! IMail and Declude send out normal user
messages as well as admin messages just fine (i.e. virus .eml's)
KJ>>> >Do you mean using OE on the server, or at a different computer?
KJ>>> Outlook Express on this Server. When I open it (send/receive to
local IMail test account), it gives me a POP3 error related to connection to the
internal address of this server
KJ>>> as well as when I try to send something SMTP, same error (see below). However,
on a fresh reboot, no issues to send/receive
KJ>>> >What is the exact error message you are getting in OE when you
can not send?
KJ>>> A TCP/IP error occured while trying to connect to the server
account 10.10.50.134 Protocol: POP3 Secure (SSL) Error Number: 0x800CCC15
KJ>>> -----Original Message-----
KJ>>> From: Keith Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
On Behalf
KJ>>> Of Keith Johnson
KJ>>> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 11:22 AM
KJ>>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
KJ>>> Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Browser/FTP Issues
KJ>>> John,
KJ>>> >What are you using for a DNS server?
KJ>>> We use a Cobalt Raq3i server running DNS services (has all our
local entries
KJ>>> in it to route email between all email servers, if not local,
then has a
KJ>>> secondary entry to our ISP DNS server) No problems on any other
servers
KJ>>> using the Internet browser, very strange issue.
KJ>>> >Any problems sending mail?
KJ>>> Great question, if I open up Outlook Express it will not work
correctly via
KJ>>> POP3/SMTP to my local IP address of my server. However, all
Declude
KJ>>> notifications and administrative emails from IMail all work.
What is weird
KJ>>> is that if I reboot something gets reset (not sure what). I
have stopped
KJ>>> Web Messaging Service, IMail Web Service, etc. trying to trigger
this
KJ>>> problem resolution, but to no avail.
KJ>>> >Has anything changed on your ISP or router?
KJ>>> Nothing has changed on our ISP end nor our router. Again, it
will work fine
KJ>>> for a few days, then out of the blue will not let us go to the
Internet,
KJ>>> yet, I can resolve DNS from the command prompt (i.e. ping
www.yahoo.com with
KJ>>> replies)
KJ>>> -----Original Message-----
KJ>>> From: John Tolmachoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
KJ>>> Sent: Thu 12/26/2002 2:01 PM
KJ>>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
KJ>>> Cc:
KJ>>> Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Browser/FTP Issues
KJ>>> What are you using for a DNS server?
KJ>>> Any problems sending mail?
KJ>>> Has anything changed on your ISP or router?
KJ>>> John Tolmachoff MCSE, CSSA
KJ>>> IT Manager, Network Engineer
KJ>>> RelianceSoft, Inc.
KJ>>> Fullerton, CA 92835
KJ>>> www.reliancesoft.com
KJ>>> > -----Original Message-----
KJ>>> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:IMail_Forum-
KJ>>> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Keith Johnson
KJ>>> > Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 10:38 AM
KJ>>> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
KJ>>> > Subject: [IMail Forum] Browser/FTP Issues
KJ>>> >
KJ>>> > I am running a Win2K Server SP3 with IMail 7.13 HF2 w/Declude
KJ>>> Virus/JunkMail
KJ>>> > 1.65 We run two Virus Scanners with Declude called F-Prot
3.12c and
KJ>>> InoculateIT
KJ>>> > 6.0 SP1 We have this strange issue that occurs every few
days. Once
KJ>>> the
KJ>>> > machine has been rebooted all is well, I can use the Browser,
PING, FTP,
KJ>>> etc.
KJ>>> > After a few days (nothing listed in the Event Log), I can no
longer Browse
KJ>>> any
KJ>>> > Internet pages, nor can FTP work, however, I can PING any
website via name
KJ>>> and
KJ>>> > IP (i.e. www.yahoo.com). With this in mind, the signature
files cannot
KJ>>> get updated
KJ>>> > (my main concern). What is even stranger, all requests from
the outside
KJ>>> (my
KJ>>> > clients) can login to this server and get their email through
KJ>>> WebMessaging,
KJ>>> > POP3/SMTP works, my terminal connection works. The only thing
that does
KJ>>> not
KJ>>> > work is the ftp requests from my scanners and the ability to
go to the
KJ>>> Internet in IE.
KJ>>> > We have replaced the NIC card in this machine (now using a
3COM, was using
KJ>>> the
KJ>>> > Internal IBM NIC), but problem appears under both cards now.
This is very
KJ>>> > puzzeling. Has anyone seen this? The only thing I can think
of is that
KJ>>> F-Prot and
KJ>>> > Inoc may not be playing nice together, however, both RealTime
scanners
KJ>>> have
KJ>>> > either been disabled or were not installed. Thanks for any
aid?
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