solved,  finally. i'll post more details when i have something other
than my phone to type on...

On 3/19/09, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Whadya find out?
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>
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> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 10:48 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>
>> Here is the error that is apparently generated:
>>
>>  "cannot generate sspi context"
>>
>> Everything we have read says this is a DNS issue and that when DNS is
>> misconfigured, Kerberos fails with this message.
>>
>> We did a test that I think provided us with a possible solution. I had an
>> XP
>> user change their DNS to the domain controller, which is also the WINS
>> server and has internal DNS entries for a .local zone. That system in turn
>> points to the ISPs DNS server.
>>
>> When the XP user points their DNS at the PDC, everything works, except
>> name
>> resolution for their public sites like web and email, because they resolve
>> to external addresses that are not accessible from the internal network
>> (due
>> to the routing on pfSense).
>>
>> My proposed solution, which I have not had time to thoroughly test, is to
>> point everyone's DNS at the pfSense appliance, and have it point to the
>> domain controller first and the ISP DNS second. That allows us to use the
>> firewall's DNS forwarder service to override DNS entries for public sites
>> with their internal addresses, and still use the PDC for internal name
>> resolution.
>>
>> Going back to the basic problem, Windows 2K users are not affected, so it
>> seems like something changed in the trust relationship subsystem between
>> Win2K and XP, and XP isn't able to cope with whatever Win2K is trying to
>> do.
>> I should know tomorrow whether it works.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> >
>> > ok. I will try to give the matter a little brainpower and see if that
>> > helps. How long does it stay connected before it drops? Does it vary?
>> > or is it consistently 3-4 seconds, as if (for example) it connects but
>> > then fails some sort of authentication?
>> >
>> > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:32 AM, Robert Munn <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Connects but then drops. The weird thing is that only users on Windows
>> XP
>> > > are affected.
>> > >
>> > > Jim, it's definitely working. To be more specific, everything is
>> > > inside
>> > the
>> > > firewall on the LAN subnet, so firewall port blocking does not seem to
>> be
>> > a
>> > > possible cause. I say possible because one previous issue was solved
>> > > by
>> > > turning off NAT reflection.
>> > >
>> > > I am going to try and get more details tomorrow and will share what I
>> > learn.
>> > >
>> > > On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >>
>> > >> what is connectivity issues? Does not connect or the connection is
>> bad?
>> > >>
>> > >> On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Jim Davis <
>> [email protected]
>> > >
>> > >> wrote:
>> > >> >
>> > >> >> -----Original Message-----
>> > >> >> From: Robert Munn [mailto:[email protected]]
>> > >> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 7:45 PM
>> > >> >> To: cf-community
>> > >> >> Subject: XP connection error
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> I have a client that we just helped convert some of their network
>> > >> >> infrastructure for. We switched out a Netgear VPN Firewall router
>> for
>> > a
>> > >> >> Soekris Net5501 running pfSense firewall. Previously, the internal
>> > >> >> Windows
>> > >> >> Domain Controller was providing WINS and DHCP services, and DNS
>> > >> >> services
>> > >> >> were all pointing to their ISP addresses. Now, the pfSense
>> appliance
>> > is
>> > >> >> providing DNS and DHCP services, and it is pointing to the
>> company's
>> > >> >> internal DNS server first and the ISP servers second.
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> Mostly this setup work fine, but users who are running Windows XP
>> are
>> > >> >> experiencing a connectivity issues with some legacy software apps
>> > >> >> -
>> > an
>> > >> >> Access database that is linked to an internal SQL Server 2000
>> > instance,
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Are you sure it's not something simpler - SQL Server usually runs
>> over
>> > >> port
>> > >> > 1433, has that port been opened in the new firewall?
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Jim Davis
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
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>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >
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