Hi David, What you have can be fixed, though it would entail a bit of investment by your company. If name resolution really is a big pain for you (I can see other potential hotspots reading your mail though) you could create a host file and distribute it to each of your clients... Not ideal, but it will give you basic name resolution at no cost.
Regards, Davy -----Original Message----- From: David Lloyd [mailto:David.Lloyd@;which.co.uk] Sent: 12 November 2002 11:59 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Exchange, Outlook and speed Hi guys, I have a situation where Outlook is very slow over a VPN connection. If i give u a bit of history, on how i set this up then perhaps you can tell me where i went wrong. Firstly, we have an office here in the UK where Exchange 5.5 server is running on a PDC, they can only afford one server, so everything runs on it. During the day, they have around 8 - 10 users connect locally to it for their daily work. They only really use it for mail and Internet access, and a bit of file/print. Last year i upgraded their Internet link to ADSL and put up a proxy (winroute), Everything was working fine. The director has since move to New York to set up an office over there, and i set up his laptop to VPN in to the server for his mail. Now he has set up an additional 3 users in this office who also use the VPN to get mail and at times things can get slow. I told him using the Internet for transport, is gonna be slow at times due to the nature of the Internet. However, i know i can speed things up because of the way i initially set things up. Name resolution seems to be my biggest headache. I have no DNS set up and use Netbui for name resolution, so i guess this is gonna add to the overhead. Thus RAS has TCP/IP and NETBUEI enabled Laptops in NY have TCP/IP and NETBUEI enabled UK users are ok and have no problems. I would like to speed things up a bit for the NY users. I'm also confused with binding orders on the server and to what interfaces i should bind all these protocols to. The server has 2 nics, one for the local net and the other goes to the router for the ADSL, i guess i only need to bind this side right? I guess DNS would be the best way forward for name resolution, but as i say i have no DNS server locally. All mail arrives at a different domain (their web site host) who then forward it to another domain, to pop 3 mail boxes which i then get a program (igetmail) to pick up and deliver to exchange server. When i ping the routers external and internal interfaces i get the IP address and it resolves back to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The question i want to ask, is what is the best way for me to set this up for a quicker connection for outlook. How do i set up the DNS on the router! Any advice would be appreciated. David CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE This communication contains information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient please note that any distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited. If you received this communication in error, please notify us by e-mail or by telephone (020 7770 7000) and then delete the e-mail and any copies of it. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:leave-exchange@;ls.swynk.com 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:leave-exchange@;ls.swynk.com Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
