Aweful Outtlook performance while on cisco vpn

"Trying to connect" shows up when launching outlook 2003. takes 2
minutes to conenct, once conencted it appears to work fine.

I have added and edited hosts and lmhost file to have the latest ip
information from my servers.


i have also make sure that the default dns server and wins points to
the company servers.

I am not sure what lese to do here, any inoput is highly appreciated

Posting the result of ipconfig /all may help.

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Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com


"El CiD" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Trying to connect" shows up when launching outlook 2003. takes 2
> minutes to conenct, once conencted it appears to work fine.
>
> I have added and edited hosts and lmhost file to have the latest ip
> information from my servers.
>
>
> i have also make sure that the default dns server and wins points to
> the company servers.
>
> I am not sure what lese to do here, any inoput is highly appreciated
>
>
>

Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . :PC-7057

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : NEWSGROUP.local

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : NEWSGROUP.local

slowcable.com



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : slowcable.com

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetLink (TM)
Gigabit Ethernet

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-E6-FA-9E-70

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.0.10

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.0.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.0.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 20.0.0.19

209.87.128.200

Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 20.0.0.19

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, November 11, 2007
2:53:41 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, November 12, 2007
2:53:41 PM

Hello, many thanks for reading my post


My server dns ip is the 20.0.0.19 which has been hard coded to the
network adapter ip settings.

the other 209.xxx.xxxx is the another dns server






On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:48:15 -0600, "Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Posting the result of ipconfig /all may help.

El CiD <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> "Trying to connect" shows up when launching outlook 2003. takes 2
> minutes to conenct, once conencted it appears to work fine.
>
> I have added and edited hosts and lmhost file to have the latest ip
> information from my servers.
>
>
> i have also make sure that the default dns server and wins points to
> the company servers.
>
> I am not sure what lese to do here, any inoput is highly appreciated

What are you connecting to? Exchange? Using cached mode? Anything else in
your profile?

Hi there,

yes connecting to exchange in cache mode.



On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 21:31:13 -0500, "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<(E-Mail Removed) hoo.com> wrote:

>El CiD <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> "Trying to connect" shows up when launching outlook 2003. takes 2
>> minutes to conenct, once conencted it appears to work fine.
>>
>> I have added and edited hosts and lmhost file to have the latest ip
>> information from my servers.
>>
>>
>> i have also make sure that the default dns server and wins points to
>> the company servers.
>>
>> I am not sure what lese to do here, any inoput is highly appreciated
>
>What are you connecting to? Exchange? Using cached mode? Anything else in
>your profile?
>

El CiD <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> yes connecting to exchange in cache mode.

Then note that microsoft.public.exchange.clients might be a better place to
post.... or do a crosspost to there as well.

That said -

What version & SP of Exchange & Windows?
RPC over HTTP in use?
What else is in your Outlook profile - just Exchange, or do you also have
Internet mail in there, too? How about PST files?
What client OS and SP?
Is Outlook 2003 patched to at least SP2 (ideally SP3)?
>
>
>
> On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 21:31:13 -0500, "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <(E-Mail Removed) hoo.com> wrote:
>
>> El CiD <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>> "Trying to connect" shows up when launching outlook 2003. takes 2
>>> minutes to conenct, once conencted it appears to work fine.
>>>
>>> I have added and edited hosts and lmhost file to have the latest ip
>>> information from my servers.
>>>
>>>
>>> i have also make sure that the default dns server and wins points to
>>> the company servers.
>>>
>>> I am not sure what lese to do here, any inoput is highly appreciated
>>
>> What are you connecting to? Exchange? Using cached mode? Anything
>> else in your profile?

Hello, many thanks for you help. I have just finished cross posting as
well.

Windows XP Pro sp2
Exchange 2003 Sp2
No RPC over HTTP in use.
PST file but sits in the file server, remote location.
Outlook patched to sp2


On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:29:27 -0500, "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<(E-Mail Removed) hoo.com> wrote:

>El CiD <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> yes connecting to exchange in cache mode.
>
>Then note that microsoft.public.exchange.clients might be a better place to
>post.... or do a crosspost to there as well.
>
>That said -
>
>What version & SP of Exchange & Windows?
>RPC over HTTP in use?
>What else is in your Outlook profile - just Exchange, or do you also have
>Internet mail in there, too? How about PST files?
>What client OS and SP?
>Is Outlook 2003 patched to at least SP2 (ideally SP3)?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 21:31:13 -0500, "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
>> <(E-Mail Removed) hoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> El CiD <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>> "Trying to connect" shows up when launching outlook 2003. takes 2
>>>> minutes to conenct, once conencted it appears to work fine.
>>>>
>>>> I have added and edited hosts and lmhost file to have the latest ip
>>>> information from my servers.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> i have also make sure that the default dns server and wins points to
>>>> the company servers.
>>>>
>>>> I am not sure what lese to do here, any inoput is highly appreciated
>>>
>>> What are you connecting to? Exchange? Using cached mode? Anything
>>> else in your profile?
>
>

I don't see the VPN IP information. Can you ping 20.0.0.19?

--
Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com


"El CiD" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>
>
> Windows IP Configuration
>
>
>
> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . :PC-7057
>
> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : NEWSGROUP.local
>
> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
>
> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>
> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>
> DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : NEWSGROUP.local
>
> slowcable.com
>
>
>
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
>
>
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : slowcable.com
>
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetLink (TM)
> Gigabit Ethernet
>
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-E6-FA-9E-70
>
> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.0.10
>
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.0.1
>
> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.0.1
>
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 20.0.0.19
>
> 209.87.128.200
>
> Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 20.0.0.19
>
> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, November 11, 2007
> 2:53:41 PM
>
> Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, November 12, 2007
> 2:53:41 PM
>
> Hello, many thanks for reading my post
>
>
> My server dns ip is the 20.0.0.19 which has been hard coded to the
> network adapter ip settings.
>
> the other 209.xxx.xxxx is the another dns server
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:48:15 -0600, "Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Posting the result of ipconfig /all may help.
>

El CiD <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Hello, many thanks for you help. I have just finished cross posting as
> well.
>
> Windows XP Pro sp2
> Exchange 2003 Sp2
> No RPC over HTTP in use.

You should definitely look into implementing.You don't even need VPN to
connect to your Exchange mailbox then - it all goes over HTTPS.

> PST file but sits in the file server, remote location.

Ah, that's your problem, then. You really shouldn't have a PST file in use
at all, let alone try to use one not located on your local HD. Microsoft
doesn't support accessing PST files over a LAN or WAN link; it has
performance repercussions and worse, can lead to data corruption. Since you
have Exchange, don't use PST files, period - just use your Exchange mailbox
with cached mode enabled. Keep this simple and it will work well.

See
http://www.exchangefaq.org/faq/Excha...=-BAD/qid/1209
for info on why to avoid PST files.

So, for now, clean up your mail profile to get rid of the offending remote
PST file, and try this just with Exchange in there. It should work. Next
step would be RPC over HTTP, which is faster, easier, and more likely to
work from all the various networks you might connect to. You can still use
your VPN client if you need to, for file/folder/sync access, but you don't
need it for Exchange.

> Outlook patched to sp2

That's fine (altho' you might go for SP3 now).
>
>
> On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:29:27 -0500, "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <(E-Mail Removed) hoo.com> wrote:
>
>> El CiD <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> yes connecting to exchange in cache mode.
>>
>> Then note that microsoft.public.exchange.clients might be a better
>> place to post.... or do a crosspost to there as well.
>>
>> That said -
>>
>> What version & SP of Exchange & Windows?
>> RPC over HTTP in use?
>> What else is in your Outlook profile - just Exchange, or do you also
>> have Internet mail in there, too? How about PST files?
>> What client OS and SP?
>> Is Outlook 2003 patched to at least SP2 (ideally SP3)?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 21:31:13 -0500, "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
>>> <(E-Mail Removed) hoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> El CiD <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>>> "Trying to connect" shows up when launching outlook 2003. takes 2
>>>>> minutes to conenct, once conencted it appears to work fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have added and edited hosts and lmhost file to have the latest
>>>>> ip information from my servers.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> i have also make sure that the default dns server and wins points
>>>>> to the company servers.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am not sure what lese to do here, any inoput is highly
>>>>> appreciated
>>>>
>>>> What are you connecting to? Exchange? Using cached mode? Anything
>>>> else in your profile?

Robert L. (MS-MVP) <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I don't see the VPN IP information. Can you ping 20.0.0.19?

Hi, Robert - you might check out my reply in this thread - the issue doesn't
seem to be a VPN or networking specific one.
>
>
> "El CiD" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>>
>>
>> Windows IP Configuration
>>
>>
>>
>> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . :PC-7057
>>
>> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : NEWSGROUP.local
>>
>> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
>>
>> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>>
>> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>>
>> DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : NEWSGROUP.local
>>
>> slowcable.com
>>
>>
>>
>> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
>>
>>
>>
>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : slowcable.com
>>
>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetLink (TM)
>> Gigabit Ethernet
>>
>> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-E6-FA-9E-70
>>
>> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>>
>> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>>
>> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.0.10
>>
>> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>>
>> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.0.1
>>
>> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.0.1
>>
>> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 20.0.0.19
>>
>> 209.87.128.200
>>
>> Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 20.0.0.19
>>
>> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, November 11, 2007
>> 2:53:41 PM
>>
>> Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, November 12, 2007
>> 2:53:41 PM
>>
>> Hello, many thanks for reading my post
>>
>>
>> My server dns ip is the 20.0.0.19 which has been hard coded to the
>> network adapter ip settings.
>>
>> the other 209.xxx.xxxx is the another dns server
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:48:15 -0600, "Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)"
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> Posting the result of ipconfig /all may help.