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Windows NT/98 RAS connection

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by ms7212 1 view

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I have a NT server set as a RAS. I have out of office users who connect to access shared drives, E-mail (outlook, no exchange at all). Users dial in fine, but once connected, nothing shows in network neighborhood. They can find any machine on the network by start, find, computer, and computer name. We are running TCP/IP and IPX/SPX. I have a friend at another office who is ahving the same problem, but the users are in office and not connecting through a RAS. WINS problem? DHCP problem?
Let go into the E-mail thing a little more specifically. We are a small non-profit who cant afford all the nice extras that I would like. We have software called 602ProLANSuite that handels our proxy (1 static DSL IP shared)It also collects our POP3 and distributes to users I have defined. POP3 server is set to IP address (i.e. 4.2.x.x) works fine with Outlook 2k in office, but not for RAS users. Either server not found or TCP/IP issue error messages.Help is appreciated.

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by ipjunkie

I have run into a similar problem with another Network, only with a Dial-up and VPN. Nothing would show up in NN, and Outlook would not connect to the Exchange server without one or two tries.

The solution actually involved using static entires for WINS server addresses and DNS servers. This resolved the problem. Keep in mind, this still allows you PC to get it's adress from DHCP, but it uses the DNS and WINS addresses that you assign it.

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