Cannot get Exchange email with Outlook 2007 through wireless connection

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We have Win2003 w/exchange and we have a laptop with WinVista with Outlook
2007 and it won't connect to exchange through the wireless connection. But
it can get on the internet.
Then I turn off the wireless and connect the network cable to it and it
works fine with exchange, etc...
Does anyone know why I can't connect with the wireless to exchange?
Please advise and thanks.
 
Hmmm, check with your IT folk if they've got some sort of differences
between the wireless & wired network. I know in our offices there's a
firewall of sorts between the wireless net and the rest of our
infrastructure.
 
I am the IT guy.
We don't have a firewall between the wireless and our infrastructure.
Thanks for the help.
 
Do you have a firewall, or different firewall settings, running on your
wireless than on your wired connection on that laptop?

Can you ping the Exchange server, by name, from that laptop?

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john doe said:
I am the IT guy.
We don't have a firewall between the wireless and our infrastructure.
Thanks for the help.
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No, nothing is different. I've turned the firewall off on the vista laptop
which turns it off for the wired and wireless.
I can't ping the exchange server by name but I can ip address with the
wireless connection.
I can ping the exchange server by name and ip with the wired connection.
 
Our exchange version is:
ver 6.5 build 7638.2 sp2

We are not using rpc over http. We are using the local lan.
Here's the connection status error I get while using wireless:
Task 'Microsoft Exchange' reported error (0x80040115): 'The
connection to Microsoft Exchange is unavailable. Outlook must
be online or connected to complete this action.'

Everything is fine with the wired. Even with the wireless I can
still surf the web, etc... except for getting my email via exchange
into Outlook 2007.



Diane Poremsky said:
What version of exchange? Are you using outlook anywhere (rpc over http)
or classic rpc? Did you check the connection status? (ctrl click the
outlook icon in the tray)

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john doe said:
I am the IT guy.
We don't have a firewall between the wireless and our infrastructure.
Thanks for the help.
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Sounds like you have a DNS issue on the wireless LAN adapter. Check the
TCP/IP settings on the wireless adapter and make sure you've got the right
DNS servers assigned.

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-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com/outlook.html
Author: The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/ol4law-amazon

john doe said:
No, nothing is different. I've turned the firewall off on the vista laptop
which turns it off for the wired and wireless.
I can't ping the exchange server by name but I can ip address with the
wireless connection.
I can ping the exchange server by name and ip with the wired connection.
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Yes, you are right. The DNS was wrong on the wireless. Thank you for your
help.
Much appreciated and solved.
Thanks
 
Glad you got it sorted.

Best wishes and aloha,

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-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
http://www.officeforlawyers.com/outlook.html
Author: The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/ol4law-amazon

john doe said:
Yes, you are right. The DNS was wrong on the wireless. Thank you for your
help.
Much appreciated and solved.
Thanks
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