Pete's questions

I have created a pptp RRAS server for a handful of clients to connect to. I would like them to use the servers default gateway (.1) for internet access. They are able to successfully connect (& see LAN) but it then cuts them off the internet. I understand that all internet traffic would be routed through the pptp server but that's ok since I have enough pipe. The problem seems to be that:

1. the clients gateway shows as their assigned RAS ip.

2. The clients assigned DNS settings seem to be what is set to the servers nic not what I have specified in dhcp (which is the same server). DHCP relay agent properties points to the nic DHCP is running on (192.168.100.163). .1 is gateway in nic hw properties & dhcp. I have different dns secondary & third entries on my nic properties than what dhcp is configured for.

The problem is that I have a 10.10.1.x network that people can not see if they uncheck the gateway option but, they are then unable to see our other hosted sites on the internet.

I have a scenario where a client is wanting to transition from a Bitband media server to something they can have better control over. Here's the scenario:

windows XP clients (200+) using WMP11 (or vlc) connecting over 100/1000 lan want to connect to RTSP VOD resource. The client has already spent alot of money to encode thousands of videos in mpeg2 TS so using flash is not really the best option (but can be done as a last resort if features are good). The server would need to have the ability to stream an entire folder of videos not just individual "publishing points" (to use a MS term).

To compound matters, the servers & clients will be in a remote location from the client so physical access will be limited but broadband access is present.

Here is what I have suggested for now live555 server ubuntu, munin, monit, webmin

configuring a RAID1 using mdadm for storage & of course snmp monitoring.

I've little experience in using any of the DLNA servers so that may even be an option. Basically, the end user would be viewing a webpage through a kiosk type environment & selecting the video from the menu for playback. This may include having 10 different users viewing the same video at the same time.

It seems the REAL & Darwin servers are limited in their output & VLC wants to share individual resources, not a folder. Are their other media servers that might function better or are used in a broader capacity (ie: better support community, docs ?). What options are there ?

I have a windows 2003 domain in mixed mode alongside a win2k server as secondary. My users will be browsing the files on the data share when suddenly, windows returns the following error:

\\servername\share is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. Access is denied.

This issue only appears on the one server. This occurs to both admins & normal users. I thought maybe it could be too few CAL's however, we have 4x the amount needed since our company has shrunk within the last 2 years. When the error happens, the user can reboot & all is well for anywhere from 4 hours to 4 weeks. You can also sometimes choose "disconnect mapped network drive", choose the server & disconnect. You can then use unc path to reconnect & be prompted for Ad credentials. Using the same username will not work but another username will be fine until it happens again. I have noticed that when the problem is more prevelent (it seems to do this in waves), if you connect to your unc share, do your thing briefly & then close the window that the problem will not show up as often. Also, This only happens to people using XP. The following OS's do not disconnect, Win7, Vista, Win2k, OS/2, Win98, RHEL5, DOS.

This is driving me nuts ! Anyone have an idea what could be causing it ?

some afterthoughts:

this happens to individual users one at a time not en masse.

event logs show nothing. There are no entries for improper authentication/denial.

This happens at varying times day or night.

Server load is not a factor

network card is not flaking out (I don't think). I've implemented a constant ping to both nic's for days at a time & neither has been interupted, ever.

Some more afterthoughts: The issue appears on all windows xp machines. This will happen eventually (but intermittantly) on machines using Pre-SP1,SP2 or SP3 with a base install.

The issue does not follow a specific user. A user can use a win2k machine & all is good.

The problem can appear to machines joined to a domain or in workgroup mode.

The issue happens when connecting to shares either through unc, mapped (either in explorer or net use cmd) or browsing network neighborhood.

I have not had the problem reported to me under vista or win7 but since we only have 2 vista machines & 1 win7 (my hack box) then the problem may just be going unnoticed.

Another example of one of the complaints is that a person can no longer print. I go to their desk & am able to verify that it is the same issue of being kicked off & not seeing shares. reboot & all is well (or disconnect share/server,repair,etc...).

I've installed an OCS/GLPI configuration using RHEL5. I've configured GLPI to authenticate to our AD, which it does, however, none of the AD user details appear after logging in. It will create the user account & just show a number. I am able to successfully see AD groups but not users. I verified the data request & response using wireshark & it is returning the proper syntax for rootdn & basedn yet no data will populate. We are a small company with few users so no elaborate OU's are present. To compound matters, the project is primarily in French which I unfortunately do not speak. I've tried posting to their boards but am getting very little response so I was hoping some of you might have some ideas that I could try ?

http://blog.famillecollet.com/pages/OCS-GLPI-en

http://glpi-project.org/wiki/doku.php?id=en:ldap&s

http://glpi-project.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=14980

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I'm also using the latest version 0.71.5, downloaded 5/11/09