Lmhosts and hosts files are never[1] fine, they're indicative of a broken network.
[1] Never only being a slightly overbroad term. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Fyodorov, Andrey FTL > Posted At: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 3:24 PM > Posted To: swynk > Conversation: VPN Users > Subject: RE: VPN Users > > > Hosts or Lmhosts would be fine. > > April - were you able to ping "exch3" after adding it to the > hosts file? If not, then you messed something with the Hosts > file itself (maybe it got saved with a .txt or .sam extension?) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Russell W. > Earnest > Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 11:56 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Re: VPN Users > > > I actually had this same problem. My fix for it was to add > the Exchange server to the LMHosts file. For some reason WINS > would not work throught the VPN. Since you can ping using the > FQDN and by IP address I would think that it is related to > WINS somehow. > > > On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 10:50:41 -0500, April Fleming > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Exchange 5.5 > > > > VPN users cannot connect to the exchange server, users on > the network > > can. Mail settings on users computer are set to "exch3", which vpn > > users cannot ping. They can ping "exch3.prang.com", or the > actual ip > > address but cannot ping "exch3". > > > > When I try to go into the mail settings in control panel on users > > machine and change the exchange server to either > "exch3.prang.com" or > > the actual ip address, it automatically changes it back to "exch3". > > So they cannot contact the server. I have added "exch3" to > the hosts > > file on their computer just to be sure. Still won't work. I > > obviously have something set up incorrectly but am at a total loss, > > any ideas? > > > > Thank you. > > > > April > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [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. > > > > > > > -- > Russell Earnest > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [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/read/?forum=exchange > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [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/read/?forum=exchange To unsubscribe send a blank email to [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.
