Cannot Browse The Net From the Server

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Ash

Hi,

I have a server running windows 2000 Adv Server, and its a domain controller
(Part of the Active Directory).. The problem I face is, i cannot surf the
internet at all on it, although i can do nslookup query to the DNS server
(within our network), and clients can connect to it from the network for
file access, etc. Nothing has been changed on the firewall.

I checked the gateway and DNS numbers, and all of those are correct.

Anyone with an idea whats wrong with this?

Thanks,

Ash
 
You probably need to configure your dns to forward to your ISP or use root
hints as described in the KB link below. However I would not recommend
"bowsing" the internet from a domain controller. If you want to check for
critical updates, etc maybe. For a domain controller I recommend setting
security for the internet Web Content Zone to high, set privacy to high, and
add needed safe sites to the trusted Web Content Zone where security should
be medium and add sites such as Micrsosoft.com to the cookie exception list.
That would be similar as to how Windows 2003 server comes configured for the
internet. --- Steve

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;291382
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;815141
 
Hi,

The DNS is set to query from my isp incase it cannot resolve domain names.
All other users on the network can browse the internet, its only the server.
I have to install a software that must have access to the internet, hence
the need to browse to that site for setup purposes.

Any other reason why only the server wouldn't access the net? The IP
configurations are all correct, I double checked it.

Thanks,

Ash
 
Can this machine do Nslookups on domain names and get the correct answer?
Can you ping past your router? Can you get to websites by IP address instead
of domain name? What about proxy settings in IE? Proxy client?
 
I tried NSLookup, and it works, and it works well. I get replies from my DNS
server, and non-authoritative server. When i try to ping something like
yahoo.com, or using its ip address, i get request timed outs. I cannot
tracert either from the server. This works well on the other computers
though. I cannot browse the net using the ip addresses. I checked my
gateway, DNS, subnet, IP, everything seems to be correct.

I can ping local machines using either their ip addresses and i can browse
to local network IIS server sites
 
Double check that the default gateway is correct and make sure you can ping it and
only one is listed in tcp/ip properties. Tracert should at least show the default
gateway IP address. Is there any personal firewall or an ipsec filtering policy
applied to that server?? --- Steve
 
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