Re: Internet or Intranet access through sbs2003 problems

Hi Eric,

Make sure All computer and devices point to the SBS server as the DNS
server, even the router. Then configure the DNS server on SBS to forward
request that is not for your internal domain to the ISP's DNS server. This
way all request for internal resources get served by your SBS server's DNS
and all external request (www.microsoft.com) will get forwarded to your
ISP's DNS server.

My guess is your client computers are getting their IP address from the
external router. Change the DNS settings on the external router to point to
the SBS server and then add the forwarders on the SBS DNS server.

--
Matthew Huynh
SBS

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


"Eric S." <> wrote in message
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> Group,
>
> I seem to be having a problem with my sbs2003 server. If I log in
> locally to the server I have access to both companyweb (intranet) and
> the internet. However if I log onto one of my client machines I either
> have internet access or intranet access but not both. It seems to be
> affected by how i have the DHCP scope options set up. According to a
> MSKB article i read the dhcp should be set to assign the LAN card NIC
> IP address (192.168.0.7) as the primary DNS for all clients that log
> in. When I set it up this way I have access to the intranet site
> (http://companyweb/) but if I try to access Google or anything on the
> internet I get denied. I can however ping internet IP addresses.
> Puzzling...
>
> Now where it gets really interesting is if I add my ISP's DNS servers
> to the list in the DHCP scope options I gain access to the internet.
> However it is at the expense of my intranet website
> (http://companyweb/). I still have access to the network and all my
> resources, just NOT companyweb. If I type server2k3 (host name) into
> the address bar I get a sbs2003 webpage but not the companyweb. I have
> searched high and low for any information regarding this and have so
> far come up empty. Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Eric S.