we have an ASA5505 running 8.03 setup with two interfaces inside/outside. There is a SQL server on the inside leg with a static NAT to the outside so it can communicate to the rest of the company's internal network. This setup has been working for a month or two, but recently they had to reboot the server for maintenance. When the server came back it reported a duplicate name error and went into offline mode. support at the site was finally able to get their server up by first shutting down the firewall and then bringing the sever up. The server comes online as normal then the firewall was turned on and everything appears to be working fine. However this appears to happen every time that you have to reboot the server.
Key firewall statements:
interface Vlan100
description *** plant Network ***
nameif inside
security-level 0
ip address x.x.0.1 255.255.0.0
!
interface Vlan200
description *** company internal Network ***
nameif outside
security-level 100
ip address x.x.x.8 255.255.255.128
!
interface Ethernet0/0
switchport access vlan 100
!
interface Ethernet0/1
switchport access vlan 200
!
static (inside,outside) x.x.x.14 x.x.x.50 netmask 255.255.255.255 dns
!
dhcpd auto_config inside
!
so when the asa's outside leg is the company's internal inter-network interface which provide's the inside leg (site network) inter-network interface DNS/WINS, could the problem be with DNS/WINS and not the ASA?
any suggestions would be helpful
thanks, Kevin