Hi all,
Hopefully some can help me with this issue that I have been struggling with for about a week now.
I'm new to Direct Access so please bear with me
I've setup a Server 2012 box and installed the Direct Access role. The server is behind en edge device with 1 NIC.
I've configured it and can connect up Windows 8.1 tablets successfully, both on the internal network and when connected externally.
The problem I have is with internet access when they are connected externally and I've tried with Force Tunneling enabled and disabled (ideally for security reasons I'd like it enabled).
We use a proxy server configured with a wpad file hosted on Server 2003. This is published via DNS.
Internet Explorer is configured to Auto Detect Internet Settings
I can connect to any of our internally hosted websites, and also strangely enough, our main publically accessible web site.
If I don't have Force Tunneling enabled then I get the following behavior
- I can't use Internet Explorer to connect to any public websites though (google.com, yellowpages.com, etc).
- I can connect to any website that has the same domain suffix as our domain
- I can use Firefox and connect to external websites if I say 'Direct Connection to Internet' or 'Use System Settings'
If I use Force Tunneling then I get the following behavior:
- The network connection says it is 'limited' and the Direct Access connection says it has 'No Internet Access'
- I can't use Internet Explorer to connect to any public websites though (google.com, yellowpages.com, etc).
- I can connect to any website that has the same domain suffix as our domain
- I can't use Firefox and connect to external websites
Does anyone know why this would be the case?
Thanks