xp working online thinks server is offline

here is the scenario:

- windows *2003* domain (1 dc)
+ 12 xppro workstations
+ gpo xp enterprise client security templates
+ offline folder redirects (non-dfs of course. appdata, desk, my docs)
+ roaming profiles
+ no fancy business. plenty of bandwidth and processing power.

while online, all of the workstation users frequently get dumped into the
"working offline" mode. this, in turn, dumps all of our network apps too.
it's weird because there is still a workable 100meg connection to the
server. why does xppro think it's offline?

i have a temporary work around by setting the "non-default server disconnect
actions" through gpo to 1, but this turns off working offline! i need to
figure out how to get online/offline behaving as they should. any hints?

Hi Jarred,

is there any firewall or anything else that would filter out ICMP between
the client and server?

Mike

"Jarred Ward" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> here is the scenario:
>
> - windows *2003* domain (1 dc)
> + 12 xppro workstations
> + gpo xp enterprise client security templates
> + offline folder redirects (non-dfs of course. appdata, desk, my docs)
> + roaming profiles
> + no fancy business. plenty of bandwidth and processing power.
>
> while online, all of the workstation users frequently get dumped into the
> "working offline" mode. this, in turn, dumps all of our network apps too.
> it's weird because there is still a workable 100meg connection to the
> server. why does xppro think it's offline?
>
> i have a temporary work around by setting the "non-default server
disconnect
> actions" through gpo to 1, but this turns off working offline! i need to
> figure out how to get online/offline behaving as they should. any hints?
>
>

no, they're on the same subnet with no connection firewalls or ipsec
filters. is the xppro offline functionality based on icmp?

are there any tools to debug this? the xppro clients nor the server throw
any events.

"Miha Pihler" <mihap-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi Jarred,
>
> is there any firewall or anything else that would filter out ICMP between
> the client and server?
>
> Mike
>
> "Jarred Ward" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > here is the scenario:
> >
> > - windows *2003* domain (1 dc)
> > + 12 xppro workstations
> > + gpo xp enterprise client security templates
> > + offline folder redirects (non-dfs of course. appdata, desk, my
docs)
> > + roaming profiles
> > + no fancy business. plenty of bandwidth and processing power.
> >
> > while online, all of the workstation users frequently get dumped into
the
> > "working offline" mode. this, in turn, dumps all of our network apps
too.
> > it's weird because there is still a workable 100meg connection to the
> > server. why does xppro think it's offline?
> >
> > i have a temporary work around by setting the "non-default server
> disconnect
> > actions" through gpo to 1, but this turns off working offline! i need to
> > figure out how to get online/offline behaving as they should. any hints?
> >
> >
>
>

resolution: xp sp2 fixed it.

"Jarred Ward" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> no, they're on the same subnet with no connection firewalls or ipsec
> filters. is the xppro offline functionality based on icmp?
>
> are there any tools to debug this? the xppro clients nor the server throw
> any events.
>
> "Miha Pihler" <mihap-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi Jarred,
>>
>> is there any firewall or anything else that would filter out ICMP between
>> the client and server?
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> "Jarred Ward" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > here is the scenario:
>> >
>> > - windows *2003* domain (1 dc)
>> > + 12 xppro workstations
>> > + gpo xp enterprise client security templates
>> > + offline folder redirects (non-dfs of course. appdata, desk, my
> docs)
>> > + roaming profiles
>> > + no fancy business. plenty of bandwidth and processing power.
>> >
>> > while online, all of the workstation users frequently get dumped into
> the
>> > "working offline" mode. this, in turn, dumps all of our network apps
> too.
>> > it's weird because there is still a workable 100meg connection to the
>> > server. why does xppro think it's offline?
>> >
>> > i have a temporary work around by setting the "non-default server
>> disconnect
>> > actions" through gpo to 1, but this turns off working offline! i need
>> > to
>> > figure out how to get online/offline behaving as they should. any
>> > hints?
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>