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by garybeale

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I have a server running SBS 2003 with two nic's, one connected to a Belkin router/firewall, the other to the network. Client's are using XP Pro.
The problem is that none of the clients (or the server) can connect to the internet on first try. A second click on the go/homepage button will connect, but never the first try.
Everything else works fine. I'm stumped. ANy ideas?

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by captg

It sounds like your SBS 2003 machine is serving the Internet connection to the other machines on the network. Is it operating as a proxy or configuration server for the internet connection?

If it is, you will need to make sure that the browser on each machine is configured to look to SBS 2003 machine for these services.
IE has an auto detection feature which allows it to seek out the proxy or configuration server, which would explain why the webpage is opened on the second click.
To get to the connection settings in IE go to Tools -->Internet Options, then the Connections tab, and on that tab, LAN Settings. LAN Settings contains sections for Automatic Configuration and Proxy Server. Fill these out as appropriate for you situation. Acknowledge the settings & close & relaunch all browser windows on the machine.
Good Luck!

by sgt_shultz

dhcp problem is my wild guess.
i'd want to do this test:
from client showing problem. try to connect to internet (it will fail, this is first time, right?). see it fail, then open cmd prompt and see what ipconfig gives you. plus, while you are there, ping whatever you know: server, router, isp dns server...)
then make second attempt. after seeing it work, go back to cmd prompt, repeat above. any changes?

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