I'd be sure to verify what ports are being allowed through your VPN. What is your VPN?
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Bob Hartung <bhart...@wiscoind.com> wrote: > I've tried entering both the name and IP address of the webserver and get > connection fail in Internet Explorer. In FireFox, the error is "Unable to > determine IP address from host name." > > Telnet gets a "connect failed." > > ---------------------- > > Bob Hartung > Wisco Industries, Inc. > 736 Janesville St. > Oregon, WI 53575 > Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 > Fax: (608) 835-7399 > e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com > ] > *Sent:* Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:35:12 -0500 > *Subject:* Re: DNS Issue > > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Bob Hartung <bhart...@wiscoind.com> > wrote: > > I'd like users on the 172.17.x.x end to access a webserver on the > 172.16.x.x > > end but it doesn't work and I'm not sure why. > > Explain "doesn't work". Error message, timeout, what? What are you > entering as the URL -- name or IP address? If only one, try the > other. Have you tried a non-MSIE browser (MSIE tends to give the same > error message for everything)? > > On a client, open a command prompt, and do > > TELNET WebServerName 80 > > If you get a connection, type: > > GET / > > and hit ENTER twice (blank line). If name resolution fails, try by IP > address, see if that makes a difference. > > > I can ping both the webserver's name and IP address from the > > 172.17.x.x PCs without problem. > > What about NSLOOKUP? > > -- Ben > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
