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Started by Pierre van Rooyen
Thu, 13 May 2004 13:39
Help: Accessing secure websites over LAN
Author: Pierre van Rooyen
Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 13:39
Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 13:39
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I have the following problem. Every time I try to access an secure website or a page with secure items the browser tries endlessly to connect to the page/item but with no avail. No error message is ever returned. This only happens when I try to access these sites as a client computer on a LAN with shared Internet connection. I have no problem accessing the secure websites using the host computer. I also changed the client computer to host and that enabled me to access secure sites. I should also mention a secure site/item is always the cause for my browser's inability to connect to a site, that there are some secure sites that I can access (althought it seems if it happens at a slower speed). I didn't have this problem when I used to connect to the Internet using a dail-up connection. The problem started when I installed my broadband wireless connection. As a novice I am not sure which protocol the wireless connection use but I have noticed settings for PAP, MPAP, CHAP and that type of stuff that is different from the dialup connection. I have tried a range of options to resolve the issue including: - Changing/disabling the firewall on client and host computer - Reinstalling Windows XP on both client and host computer - Trying different browsers - Toggling with SSL and encrypting settings - Toggling with the IPSec policies and even removing it with "net stop policyagent" Please feel free to forward this message to anyone/any newsgroup that you think might be better able to assist. Thanks in advance Pierre
Re: Help: Accessing secure websites over LAN
Author: Bill Unruh
Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 16:04
Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 16:04
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pierrevr@webmail.co.za (Pierre van Rooyen) writes: ]I have the following problem. Every time I try to access an secure ]website or a page with secure items the browser tries endlessly to ]connect to the page/item but with no avail. No error message is ever ]returned. This only happens when I try to access these sites as a ]client computer on a LAN with shared Internet connection. I have no ]problem accessing the secure websites using the host computer. I also ]changed the client computer to host and ]that enabled me to access secure sites. I should also mention a ]secure site/item is always the cause for my browser's inability to ]connect to a site, that there are some secure sites that I can access ](althought it seems if it happens at a slower speed). ]I didn't have this problem when I used to connect to the Internet ]using a dail-up connection. The problem started when I installed my ]broadband wireless connection. As a novice I am not sure which ]protocol the wireless connection use but I have noticed settings for ]PAP, MPAP, CHAP and that type of stuff that is different from the ]dialup connection. ]I have tried a range of options to resolve the issue including: ]- Changing/disabling the firewall on client and host computer ]- Reinstalling Windows XP on both client and host computer ]- Trying different browsers ]- Toggling with SSL and encrypting settings ]- Toggling with the IPSec policies and even removing it with "net stop ]policyagent" ]Please feel free to forward this message to anyone/any newsgroup that ]you think might be better able to assist. ]Thanks in advance I suspect this has absolutely nothing to do with ppp. It might be a problem caused by NAT (Network Address Translation) going on either with the firewall software in the host, or in the modem.
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