504 errors
Paul Minnaert
We have a nw5 sp4, Bm3EE , sp2 ,pc17 server. All clients use the
ipipxgateway with client32 3.10 , win95 osr2
Now we have clients who get 504 errors on different sites, others with the
same win95 and the same client don't . One of the problem sites is
www.agro.nl. On the problem clients I tried with winping, and it can lookup
the ip number. Also filling in the ip number doesn't help. I have the
problem with netscape 4.6 so I tried ie4, the same problem. The problem
clients do access a lot of sites, but fail on others. People complain 'I can
view this at home why not at work?' I know we have to skip the gateway, but
security policies don't allow IP on the ws at the moment.
I don't think going to bm 3.5 would make a diferrence, since the
ipipxgateway components are basicaly the same, or am I wrong?
Can someone give me a clue?
Thanks Paul
Craig Johnson
For what it's worth, there are later patches available than you have
installed. Whether it will help or not on your problem, I don't know,
but if you open an incident with Novell, the first thing they will tell
you is to put NW5SP6 and BM30SP3 on there.
Craig Johnson
Novell Support Connection SysOp
(See http://nscsysop.hypermart.net for BorderManager hints, tips and
files, as well as books on configuring BorderManager.)
CSL
Hi Paul,
> Now we have clients who get 504 errors on different sites, others with the
> same win95 and the same client don't . One of the problem sites is
> www.agro.nl. On the problem clients I tried with winping, and it can lookup
> the ip number. Also filling in the ip number doesn't help. I have the
> problem with netscape 4.6 so I tried ie4, the same problem. The problem
> clients do access a lot of sites, but fail on others.
Is this sistematic? I mean, they can NEVER access these sites or sometimes they
can access the sites and at sometimes can't?
Are you using the proxy in addition to the gateway? Do youhave the transparent
proxy enabled?
> I don't think going to bm 3.5 would make a diferrence, since the
> ipipxgateway components are basicaly the same, or am I wrong?
no, it will not make any difference.
--
Cat
Novell Support Connection Volunteer
Paul Minnaert
Hi Craig,
> For what it's worth, there are later patches available than you have
> installed. Whether it will help or not on your problem, I don't know,
> but if you open an incident with Novell, the first thing they will tell
> you is to put NW5SP6 and BM30SP3 on there.
I compared bmsp3 and sp2 + pc17 filedates and found no difference. I use the
tcpip from bmtcpe4.exe, after problems with the original tcp.
And going to sp6 might give more problems than solve. As I read in other
newsgroups.
regards Paul
Paul Minnaert
Hi Cat,
> Is this sistematic? I mean, they can NEVER access these sites or sometimes
they
> can access the sites and at sometimes can't?
some ws can, at the same time others can't. standing next to each other. But
the problem pc's never can. Allways the same pc's with the problem.
> Are you using the proxy in addition to the gateway? Do youhave the
transparent
> proxy enabled?
Yes I have the proxy, I need it for 80 NT4 ws They have a bit internet. They
can reach it but gt no dns, so they can get to an ldapserver, but fail on
webbrowsing.
I'm not sure about the transparent proxy, it's friday evening here and next
week I 'll be on a Novell 991 training. So I let you know in a week.
>
Another problem I hear compains over is that webbowsing is sluggish, not
when they are at a site, but getting there. Download speed of files is good.
I have 2 dns servers listed in resolv.cfg , the first inside our school, the
other outside. I have the same listed on my nt4 ws, going direct to internet
without any problem.
And the problem ws gives the right ip number back for www.argo.nl
Regards, paul
CSL
Hi Paul,
> some ws can, at the same time others can't. standing next to each other. But
> the problem pc's never can. Allways the same pc's with the problem.
did you try the troubleshooting procedure for the IPX/IP gateway (the debug
etc)?
Look at TID 2928294. It is quite old, but most of the reccomandations still
hold.
> > Are you using the proxy in addition to the gateway? Do youhave the
> transparent
> > proxy enabled?
> Yes I have the proxy, I need it for 80 NT4 ws They have a bit internet. They
> can reach it but gt no dns, so they can get to an ldapserver, but fail on
> webbrowsing.
> I'm not sure about the transparent proxy, it's friday evening here and next
> week I 'll be on a Novell 991 training. So I let you know in a week.
Actually, I was referring not only to the proxy settings on the BM server, but I
was wondering if the w/s have the proxy settings explicitely configured in the
browser.
These NT servers, you say that they can't browse even if they are using the
proxy?
Int his case you probably have the transparent proxy enabled. you should really
check this.
> Another problem I hear compains over is that webbowsing is sluggish, not
> when they are at a site, but getting there. Download speed of files is good.
this might be another problem associated to the transparent proxy.
Paul Minnaert
"CSL" <c...@not-here.com> wrote in message
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>
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> > some ws can, at the same time others can't. standing next to each other.
But
> > the problem pc's never can. Allways the same pc's with the problem.
Hi Cat,
We solved it, In the client settings, disable the proxy. When I switch it
off, it's ok, switch it on again, problem back. I've allways understood that
that was not a functional switch. Until now.
regards, paul
CSL
that switch does work, indeed, and it refers only to the transparent
proxy. If you are using the transparent proxy and the IP gateway you
should have that switch checked. On the other hand, if you have it
checked, and the transparent proxy is NOT enabled, it only causes
problems.
Glad you found your solution, and thanks for the feedback.