As far as the slowness of OWA it is usually a resource issue. I have heard if OWA slows down it is because many users are hitting the IIS portion of your server. It is then time to look at a separate IIS server to offload that service. Let Exchange sit by itself no DC or any other service.
-----Original Message----- From: Andy David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 8:07 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Common Exchange 2000 problems >>>.Remember that AOL sucks I think that is valid for any size installation! -----Original Message----- From: Tom.Gray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 9:02 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Common Exchange 2000 problems Tony - We just completed the switch. We're just a small site (single exchange server). I'd like to see a summary of any private responses you get! Biggest problem we've had has been with the new improved Outlook Web Access. Users have had problems with it being EXTREMELY slow. Slow as in 2-3 minutes to open from a dial-up connection. Even worse with AOL connections. Here's our short troubleshooting list for OWA: 1. Make sure user has IE version 6 (some versions of 5.5 seem to just get "stuck") 2. Make sure user does NOT have IE content advisor enabled 3. For XP users, the user must put domainname\username in the username box (we haven't gotten the "default" domain name to work in this instance and XP won't show the "domain" field on the login) This is actually good for all users to start using! 4. Remember that AOL sucks. Since AOL dialup doesn't use TCP/IP, each packet from a dialup user must be encapsulated inside an AOL packet, which is then "unpacked" at the AOL system before it hits the internet. When a packet comes back from your server to the client, AOL encapsulates the packet from the Internet and then delivers it to the dialup system (which unpacks it and passes it back to the client browser). The IMPORTANT part of this is the fact that when a packet is encapsulated it might not fit into a single AOL packet [most of the time it won't] so you end up sending twice the number of packets. So a user dialing into Earthlink at 28.8 might take 10-15 seconds to open an OWA session, but same user dialing into AOL at 28.8 might take 20-30 seconds! Actual times for FIRST session with AOL for us is about 2 minutes, SECOND session takes 30 seconds because of the cached graphics. 5. Remembering that dialup is slow to begin with, make sure you don't have your SSL key set to 4096 bit length. This will really slow down your users. -----Original Message----- From: EXTERN Hlabse Tony (Tek Systems;RBNA/CIT1) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 3:23 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Common Exchange 2000 problems After a company has moved and installed Exchange 2000, not including any of the migration, upgrade or installation problems. What are the most common problems you Exchange Admins have to deal with. With 5.5, IS store failure and having a good knowledge of disaster recovery are top on my list. Any common area one should be aware of and have knowledge. Just curious. Tony Hlabse Exchange Administrator 574-237-5726 Robert Bosch Corporation _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- The information contained in this email message is privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copy of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately notify Veronis Suhler Stevenson by telephone (212)935-4990, fax (212)381-8168, or email ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and delete the message. Thank you. ================================================================ ============== _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
