Connecting to Evchange server using a cable modem

[RonQ]

I have XP and a cable modem. I can connect to my remote
corporate mail with exchange server on dial up but not
with the cable modem. I have connected with two way
satelite and other broadband before.

Any advice?

 

[Roady]

You can't unless you create a VPN connection to your company first or use
POP3 or IMAP instead. Ask your administrator for more info ofn this.

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[John Pearce]

I am having the same problem with my home connection, with the added
complication of a Microsoft wireless router. Something in the setup won't
let me log into the server (either for Exchange purposes or to synchronize
offline files).

However, both work when I connect from my Tablet using a Sprint wireless
cellular card.

I can create a VPN if necessary, but as I recall it will then route ALL my
Internet traffic through itself to the office server and thence to the
internet through the slightly slower connection at the office. All the
overhead involved creates quite a speed hit vs. my cable modem's direct
connection.

Questions:
1. Is the VPN the ONLY way to make OL2003 connect in this case?
2. Is there a way to route only the OL2003 traffic over the VPN?
3. If the VPN is necessary, why does my tablet PC work without it?
4. What else could be causing the connectivity problem?

Thanks.

John Pearce

 

[Roady]

1) It is for all Outlook versions if you want to create an Exchange
connection from home to work. First you'll need to be on your companies
network. This is done by either dial-up or a VPN connection. Other solutions
are to use POP3 or IMAP instead although in most cases Outlook Web Access (a
webinterface quite like Outlook) will do fine. OWA is part of Exchange. Ask
your administrator whether and how you can reach the webserver from home.

2) This isn't your problem. The problem is that other Internet traffic uses
the VPN as well. You can change this behaviour in Control Panel-> Internet
Options-> tab Connections-> select the VPN connection-> button Settings;
here you can configure your local proxy server or proxy server from your ISP
to be used for web traffic.

3) Your tablet doesn't either. I doubt that you can connect to it from home.
It works when you get into the WiFi range of your company. They probably
have a wireless accesspoint there and configured your tablet to auto logon
when in range.

4) You'll need VPN and be able to resolve the Exchange server name by both
IP and name. If this doesn't work or resolving is slow you can add the
internal name and internal IP address of the Exchange server to your
HOSTS-file.

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