OK. I did find out an interesting piece of news. The Exchange servers were not listed in DNS. I only assumed they were.... BTW this is for a client so I don't have access to their DNS servers. I installed a local DNS server that does resolve the names just fine. However, the Check Name process still takes a lot of time. When we check the firewall logs we see traffic on ports 135 and 1061 for about 20 or so seconds. After that the traffic stops until the 'check name' finally resolves the user name. Any idea what might be wrong? Thanks.
Damian Scoles Senior Technical Analyst MCSE, CCNP, CNA, A+ -----Original Message----- From: David, Andy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 1:07 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Check Names - VERY long time to complete My first thought with these is name resolution as well, but it may be nothing more than your connection sux eggs. Can you check the fw logs and see if anything is being dropped? -----Original Message----- From: Scoles, Damian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 1:43 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Check Names - VERY long time to complete Yes. The DNS server it is getting from DHCP is correct and online. -----Original Message----- From: David, Andy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 12:36 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Check Names - VERY long time to complete Is the Outlook client pointing to a valid DNS server? -----Original Message----- From: Scoles, Damian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 11:11 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Check Names - VERY long time to complete I have a user who is trying to add a new profile to a new laptop. He enters the user name and then hits the Check Name button. It can take as long as 45 minutes to complete this. Here is the current setup: Windows 2000 On NT 4.0 domain DHCP - Workstation gets IP, WINS, DNS, default gateway, DNS suffix Outlook 2000 User name is the same as the login name used for the network The user is behind a Nokia IP firewall with all ports open to the IPs for the domain controllers, mail servers, and DNS/WINS servers. The network connection is as follows - Linksys Fast Ethernet switch --> Nokia firewall --> Linksys DSL router --> WestTell Tech DSL modem --> Internet --> --> Firewall LAN where DC, Mail, DNS and WINS servers are. There is a --> VPN tunnel connecting the two networks. We are able to join the machine to the domain, but unable to get check names to resolve faster or Outlook to connect. I suspect name resolution or something configured incorrectly on the LAN firewall, but I am unsure where to look. I can ping all servers by name and IP. What am I missing? Thanks. Damian Scoles Senior Technical Analyst MCSE, CCNP, CNA, A+ _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
