Remote Access connectoid not keeping user data
HiI have always felt this was a strange issue.When I use the connectoid to establish a VPN tunnel between a computer and our company network the connectoid will remove the username and domain name if...
View ArticleBest practises analyser complains about unreachable root hint servers
Hi everyone,I've got a problem with DNS server configuration of our domain controllers. Both controllers have provide DNS server and have forwarders as well as root hint servers configures. Forwarding...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 DHCP long UNIQUE ID for switches
I have two 3Com switches which show these Unique ID entries in DHCP.303031652d633166632d63646331566c616e2d696e7465726661636531 303032322d353737662d36353431566c616e2d696e7465726661636531Everything works...
View ArticleOpening port 51325 on firewall
Hello,In order to get a fast response when the print properties are asked in Office, port 51325 has to be opened on the firewall. After some research on the web I still can't find any reason...
View ArticleDNS primary secondary not switching
Hi all,As strange that it may sound, I always had this problem (on W2003, 2008, 2008-R2, 2012, 2012-R2)...I have 2 DCs wich are also DNS server with AD integrated zone(s). DNS clients use one as...
View ArticleWindows DNS/DHCP migration to Linux
We have to migrate from Windows 2003 to a *nix system. I need to understand the basic concepts and then i will try it in the lab.So if i am to move the DNS over to Linux and turn of the DNS on wondows...
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Issue: The Active Directory integrated DNS zone _msdcs.Domain.com was not found.
Hi All, My set up is: Head Office: DC1 - Server 2008 R2 (10.1.*.*/23) DC2 - Server 2008 R2 (10.1.*.*/23) MPLS Link to Branch Office DC3 - Server 2008 R2 (192.168.10.*/24) All 3 DC's also do DNS. On...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 Direct Access - is it nessessary?
Hi everybody, all of my Windows Server 2012 instalations display two network connections: 'Network' and 'Network Connection' - which constantly displays 'Connecting' in status with additional message:...
View ArticlePPTP VPN Server - Accessing remote clients from local LAN
I 've setup a Windows Server 2008 machine as a VPN(PPTP) server. The server has two network interfaces - one private (192.168.9.0/24) and the other public (Internet). I've a Windows 7 PC connected to...
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Direct Access Disconnect option (I have one)
Hi ForumSo I have been building and testing Direct Access in Server 2012 R2 with Windows 8 Client.I seem to have been given the option in my Windows 8 Client for the User to disconnect the Direct...
View Articleregistering Windows Server Migration Tools using SmigDeploy.exe fails on 2003
We are trying to migrate the DHCP role from a Windows 2003 R2 SP2 to a new Windows 2012.Using the following guide http://technet.microsoft.com/nl-NL/library/dd379545.aspx I installed the Migration...
View ArticleDNS Server Infrastructure Design
Good day IT Folks,Currently I'm on the planning stage of designing DNS infrastructure of our company. I've read a lot of reading materials available online about DNS. According to what I've gathered,...
View Articletime service event 37
Windows Server 2008 R2just a few minutes back, the time on our DC changed to 6:05AM while our real time is actually 4PM!i found this on the event logs:Log Name: System Source:...
View ArticleVPN Failing to Authenticate and additional issues
Hi All, I'm running windows server 2003 SP2 and all was fine until about a week ago when some of my users suddenly couldn't connect via VPN. When connecting, users could never get past the...
View ArticleWeb Server 2003 Can Ping Out and Get Replies....
1st....If this is the incorrect forum please advise... I have a customers computer with Windows Server 2003 (non SBS) that recently refuses to accept 7 clients that the previous day would accept....
View ArticleNPS Radius clients disappearing if multiple users are adding clients
Hi,We have 2 network users that are in NPS adding radius clients at the same time as we have a lot of radius clients to add. They both have the exact same permissions, however when one user adds...
View ArticleDHCP server bad address issue
Hi,I'm having an issue with ip address conflict or "bad_address"I've checked for rogue dhcp server with wireshark. One issue i'm having is that the mac address of the device getting the bad_address...
View ArticleDirectAccess Policy Configuration Error
I'm receiving an error after configuring Direct Access. Running Server 2008 R2 on all servers. Direct access is set up on a VM.DA was running and working without issue a few months ago, then stopped....
View Articlecan not connect to shares on a 2008 r2 server via ip
hi everyone.here is the situation.i have a win2k2008r2 server with two shared folders on it. i try to open shared folders on a client. i enter the famous "\\ip address of the server" command and it...
View ArticleDNS on 3 DC's not Resolving the same
I have 3 DC's each running AD integrated DNS. They are all configured with the same Conditional Forwarders (for our 3 discontiguous Domains) and they all have the same External Forwarders (OpenDNS) in...
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