Ahhhh... so I was right you had something between them
Gald you solved...

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I hope that the information above s you
Good Luck

Jorge Silva
MCSA
Systems Administrator

"PeterR" <PeterR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6437A672-457A-47B6-BE91-7D6680F3BB65@microsoft.com...
> All,
> Thanks for your , and no, ZoneAlarm has never been installed.
>
> I have finally found the answer. After actually visiting the DC where the
> box is and connecting via a separate switch, we found the server was
> indeed
> responding. Seems that despite all claims to the contrary, the DC had
> implemented filtering in their switches for the subnet/LAN - behind their
> firewall. Removing these solved the problem.
>
> Hours of work chasing a problem that didn't exist arrgh!! Thanks again for
> everyone's input.
> Peter
>
> "Ace Fekay [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> In news:1DAEB766-43AC-4EEA-AF65-502868F02E3A@microsoft.com,
>> PeterR <PeterR@discussions.microsoft.com> stated, which I commented on
>> below:
>> > Kevin, Jorge,
>> > Many thanks for your thoughts. Unfortunately I've been here before:
>> > - IP filtering on the connection is NOT ENABLED
>> > - RRAS is disabled - although it had previously been running.
>> >
>> > I'm wondering if there's someting left over from RRAS that may be
>> > causing this?
>> >
>> > Thanks again,
>> > Peter
>>
>> Curious, was Zone Alarm ever installed?
>>
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