Re: Laptops and IIS

From: Joe Shook (joe.shook_at_muvico.com)
Date: 10/03/03 

Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 04:30:47 -0700

Happens on both Windows 2000 and XP laptops. I tried the
Internet security settings and that did not work. Also,
the machines have been completely rebooted (no DNS or NB
cache).

JS

>-----Original Message-----
>You didn't mention what version of Windows is on the
laptop or whether the
>name is set up on a DNS server somewhere for you to
access it that way. To
>see if it is a name resolution problem, and you're using
Windows 2000 or XP
>on the laptop, you could use the IPCONFIG /DISPLAYDNS
and NBTSTAT -c
>commands to show the DNS and netbios caches when it is
both working and not
>working... also the NSLOOKUP command. There is a
command in there somewhere
>within NSLOOKUP to display more verbose error messages
if the name lookup
>fails.
>
>Windows integrated security is usually contraindicated
for use on the
>Internet unless it's encrypted, because it does not
adequately protect the
>password. I'm not sure this is relevant to you, but
sometimes some versions
>of IE, particularly on XP, has problem with NTLM if you
access it a
>different way that is not configured to be in the local
intranet zone in IE.
>The fix is to add the name and/or IP of your site to the
correct IE zone
>under tools, internet options, security.
>
>
>"Joe Shook" <joe.shook@muvico.com> wrote in message
>news:073401c38909$79a67950$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>> OK, this is such a wierd problem that I don't even know
>> where to post this message.
>>
>> The problem is when a machine is part of our domain and
>> then is taken outside our network (ie a laptop) we are
>> not able to access our IIS servers by name (get a Page
>> cannot be displayed). These servers are an OWA server
and
>> a Sharepoint server (two different servers) using
>> Integrated Security only (NTLM).
>>
>> If you try by IP address you can get to them.
>>
>> You would think it is DNS related but keep in mind that
>> any machine that has never logged into our network
works
>> fine. Also, the laptop machines get the correct IP when
>> you do an NS lookup. Also, if you go to another one of
>> our IIS servers that do not require authentication they
>> work fine.
>>
>> The hosts file is also empty. Now here is the kicker,
if
>> you login to the local machine (different profile)
>> everything works fine.
>>
>> Any suggestions/ideas would be appreciated.
>>
>> Joe Shook
>
>
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>

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