Hi All,

One workstation in the entire office of 30 computers gets disconnected
from the network randomly....some weeks there is no problem, then
suddenly it cannot make a connection back to the server. When I check
the ISA logs, I get the follow Denied Connection errors:

Denied Connection SERVER 5/9/2008 11:04:21 AM
Log type: Firewall service
Status: A TCP packet was rejected because it has an invalid sequence
number or an invalid acknowledgement number.
Rule:
Source: Local Host ( 192.168.16.2:5037)
Destination: VPN Clients ( 192.168.16.26:1212)
Protocol: Unidentified IP Traffic (TCP:1212)

Does anyone know of a fix for this problem? I checked the cat 6 line
and it tested perfectly. This is so confusing me. Thanks!

Ringo

Re: Denied Connection - Help! by Frank

Frank
Fri May 09 09:09:35 PDT 2008

If it were me I would change the NIC card. Time is money and NICs are
cheaper than troubleshooting an Intermittent problem

--
Frank McCallister SBS MVP
MCP Microsoft Small Business Specialist
COMPUMAC

"Ringo" <RingoEnglewood@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:21f2af34-5fc0-4861-a328-22412060a49d@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> Hi All,
>
> One workstation in the entire office of 30 computers gets disconnected
> from the network randomly....some weeks there is no problem, then
> suddenly it cannot make a connection back to the server. When I check
> the ISA logs, I get the follow Denied Connection errors:
>
> Denied Connection SERVER 5/9/2008 11:04:21 AM
> Log type: Firewall service
> Status: A TCP packet was rejected because it has an invalid sequence
> number or an invalid acknowledgement number.
> Rule:
> Source: Local Host ( 192.168.16.2:5037)
> Destination: VPN Clients ( 192.168.16.26:1212)
> Protocol: Unidentified IP Traffic (TCP:1212)
>
> Does anyone know of a fix for this problem? I checked the cat 6 line
> and it tested perfectly. This is so confusing me. Thanks!
>
> Ringo


Re: Denied Connection - Help! by Ringo

Ringo
Fri May 09 10:34:13 PDT 2008

On May 9, 12:09=A0pm, "Frank McCallister SBS MVP" <anonymous> wrote:
> If it were me I would change the NIC card. Time is money and NICs are
> cheaper than troubleshooting an Intermittent problem
>
> --
> Frank McCallister SBS MVP
> MCP Microsoft Small Business Specialist
> COMPUMAC
>
> "Ringo" <RingoEnglew...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:21f2af34-5fc0-4861-a328-22412060a49d@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > Hi All,
>
> > One workstation in the entire office of 30 computers gets disconnected
> > from the network randomly....some weeks there is no problem, then
> > suddenly it cannot make a connection back to the server. =A0When I check=

> > the ISA logs, I get the follow Denied Connection errors:
>
> > Denied Connection SERVER 5/9/2008 11:04:21 AM
> > Log type: Firewall service
> > Status: A TCP packet was rejected because it has an invalid sequence
> > number or an invalid acknowledgement number.
> > Rule:
> > Source: Local Host ( 192.168.16.2:5037)
> > Destination: VPN Clients ( 192.168.16.26:1212)
> > Protocol: Unidentified IP Traffic (TCP:1212)
>
> > Does anyone know of a fix for this problem? =A0I checked the cat 6 line
> > and it tested perfectly. =A0This is so confusing me. =A0Thanks!
>
> > Ringo- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

So does the errors reporting in ISA mean that the network connection
is faulty? I already swapped out the motherboard (with integrated
NIC) with no success.

Ringo

Re: Denied Connection - Help! by Cliff

Cliff
Fri May 09 10:43:32 PDT 2008

Well, I see that the destination is "VPN Clients." It seems implied (one
workstation in the entire office) that this computer is in the office and
shouldn't be trying to VPN. Is this true?

-Cliff


"Ringo" <RingoEnglewood@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:21f2af34-5fc0-4861-a328-22412060a49d@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> Hi All,
>
> One workstation in the entire office of 30 computers gets disconnected
> from the network randomly....some weeks there is no problem, then
> suddenly it cannot make a connection back to the server. When I check
> the ISA logs, I get the follow Denied Connection errors:
>
> Denied Connection SERVER 5/9/2008 11:04:21 AM
> Log type: Firewall service
> Status: A TCP packet was rejected because it has an invalid sequence
> number or an invalid acknowledgement number.
> Rule:
> Source: Local Host ( 192.168.16.2:5037)
> Destination: VPN Clients ( 192.168.16.26:1212)
> Protocol: Unidentified IP Traffic (TCP:1212)
>
> Does anyone know of a fix for this problem? I checked the cat 6 line
> and it tested perfectly. This is so confusing me. Thanks!
>
> Ringo


Re: Denied Connection - Help! by kj

kj
Fri May 09 10:48:24 PDT 2008

Ringo wrote:
> On May 9, 12:09 pm, "Frank McCallister SBS MVP" <anonymous> wrote:
>> If it were me I would change the NIC card. Time is money and NICs are
>> cheaper than troubleshooting an Intermittent problem
>>
>> --
>> Frank McCallister SBS MVP
>> MCP Microsoft Small Business Specialist
>> COMPUMAC
>>
>> "Ringo" <RingoEnglew...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:21f2af34-5fc0-4861-a328-22412060a49d@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>
>>> One workstation in the entire office of 30 computers gets
>>> disconnected from the network randomly....some weeks there is no
>>> problem, then suddenly it cannot make a connection back to the
>>> server. When I check the ISA logs, I get the follow Denied
>>> Connection errors:
>>
>>> Denied Connection SERVER 5/9/2008 11:04:21 AM
>>> Log type: Firewall service
>>> Status: A TCP packet was rejected because it has an invalid sequence
>>> number or an invalid acknowledgement number.
>>> Rule:
>>> Source: Local Host ( 192.168.16.2:5037)
>>> Destination: VPN Clients ( 192.168.16.26:1212)
>>> Protocol: Unidentified IP Traffic (TCP:1212)
>>
>>> Does anyone know of a fix for this problem? I checked the cat 6 line
>>> and it tested perfectly. This is so confusing me. Thanks!
>>
>>> Ringo- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> So does the errors reporting in ISA mean that the network connection
> is faulty? I already swapped out the motherboard (with integrated
> NIC) with no success.
>
> Ringo

Get a good virus / trojan /malware scan on that computer. Sequence number
problems might indicate a man in the middle attack,

http://www.auditmypc.com/port/tcp-port-1212.asp

http://www.citi.umich.edu/u/provos/papers/secnet-spoof.txt

Remember that the ethernet frame checksum must match or the frame will be
discarded long before the sequence number is checked. A bad nic or low level
net problem usually shows up with checksum errors not sequence number
problems.

--
/kj



Re: Denied Connection - Help! by Ringo

Ringo
Fri May 09 14:25:01 PDT 2008

On May 9, 1:43=A0pm, "Cliff Galiher" <cgali...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, I see that the destination is "VPN Clients." =A0It seems implied (on=
e
> workstation in the entire office) that this computer is in the office and
> shouldn't be trying to VPN. =A0Is this true?
>
> -Cliff
>
> "Ringo" <RingoEnglew...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:21f2af34-5fc0-4861-a328-22412060a49d@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > Hi All,
>
> > One workstation in the entire office of 30 computers gets disconnected
> > from the network randomly....some weeks there is no problem, then
> > suddenly it cannot make a connection back to the server. =A0When I check=

> > the ISA logs, I get the follow Denied Connection errors:
>
> > Denied Connection SERVER 5/9/2008 11:04:21 AM
> > Log type: Firewall service
> > Status: A TCP packet was rejected because it has an invalid sequence
> > number or an invalid acknowledgement number.
> > Rule:
> > Source: Local Host ( 192.168.16.2:5037)
> > Destination: VPN Clients ( 192.168.16.26:1212)
> > Protocol: Unidentified IP Traffic (TCP:1212)
>
> > Does anyone know of a fix for this problem? =A0I checked the cat 6 line
> > and it tested perfectly. =A0This is so confusing me. =A0Thanks!
>
> > Ringo- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Correct. The workstation is on the internal LAN, underneath the SBS
server. Dont know why VPN is being reported at all. Ran a virus scan
with Symantec Antivirus 10.2 with latest defs and it reports no
viruses.

Grrrr...any other ideas?

Ringo

Re: Denied Connection - Help! by Cliff

Cliff
Fri May 09 19:45:30 PDT 2008

Hmm...sounds like your network stack of fubared. Happening at the IP layer
from what I read. I'd just flatten the machine and reinstall from a fresh
image.

-Cliff


"Ringo" <RingoEnglewood@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:775991b9-c238-4f90-b331-0402d118c1b2@r66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> On May 9, 1:43 pm, "Cliff Galiher" <cgali...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Well, I see that the destination is "VPN Clients." It seems implied (one
>> workstation in the entire office) that this computer is in the office and
>> shouldn't be trying to VPN. Is this true?
>>
>> -Cliff
>>
>> "Ringo" <RingoEnglew...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:21f2af34-5fc0-4861-a328-22412060a49d@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>> > Hi All,
>>
>> > One workstation in the entire office of 30 computers gets disconnected
>> > from the network randomly....some weeks there is no problem, then
>> > suddenly it cannot make a connection back to the server. When I check
>> > the ISA logs, I get the follow Denied Connection errors:
>>
>> > Denied Connection SERVER 5/9/2008 11:04:21 AM
>> > Log type: Firewall service
>> > Status: A TCP packet was rejected because it has an invalid sequence
>> > number or an invalid acknowledgement number.
>> > Rule:
>> > Source: Local Host ( 192.168.16.2:5037)
>> > Destination: VPN Clients ( 192.168.16.26:1212)
>> > Protocol: Unidentified IP Traffic (TCP:1212)
>>
>> > Does anyone know of a fix for this problem? I checked the cat 6 line
>> > and it tested perfectly. This is so confusing me. Thanks!
>>
>> > Ringo- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> Correct. The workstation is on the internal LAN, underneath the SBS
> server. Dont know why VPN is being reported at all. Ran a virus scan
> with Symantec Antivirus 10.2 with latest defs and it reports no
> viruses.
>
> Grrrr...any other ideas?
>
> Ringo