sonicwall exchange connection

[imapc]

Hey all,
I am connecting remotely to my office using a sonicwall GVC. The connection is established and I am able to browse the network, and surf the internet. However when I click on my Outlook it just gets stuck "trying to connect" until it eventually times out.

My remote computer is a Windows XP SP3 running the Sonicwall GVC.

Here is the kicker, while signed on to the VPN, i am also able to resolve the exchange server name as well as well as ping the server and telnet into it! But the outlook client will not connect This is with both outlook 2007 and 2003 clients. Another kicker is that I have been able to connect 2 days ago with no problems but the COO and VP of Sales are not. Now I tried today and I am not able to connect again.

I am hoping that someone else has had this problem. I have spent a while trying to find out why this does this to no avail. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Bryan

 

[kwing112000]

You may want to try a host file. I had this same issue with a windows VPN a long time ago and the host file fixed it.

Kevin Wing
ACS- Implement IP Office
ACA- Implement IP Office
Carousel Industries

 

[imapc]

Thanks for the response kwing112000. Through my research I was able to figure this one out. I followed this as suggested in my research and this worked for me.
Hope this helps someone else.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;244474

Thanks again,
Bryan