I have a home built WHS server, all was working well when the MOBO died. I replaced it with the exact same model, reinstalled WHS all went well. Then my linksys wrt router went out. So I replaced with a Belkin N+. I haven't been able to use the WHS console since. I can use remote desktop to get in without any trouble. backups are woring fine( scheduled or not),notifications are working,the web site is working.
however I had to open some ports in the virtual servers area of my router. the ports I opened are , HTTP 80 and 55000, HTTPS 443 and 56000 I had some more open, but I closed them because the problem did not get any better and I didn't think it was a good idea to have open want doesn't need to be. the ports I closed are 3389, 4125, 8912 , 1138, 2869 and 10243. I wonder if something is corrupt in the sys files and another reinstall is in order. I have two desktops and one laptop that I'm using WHS for. I would like to add our web server at some point. I don't know if this helps, but the Xbox does not have any trouble connecting to play movies. Sorry for the long post I wanted to give as much detail as I could.
The Home Networking technical brief contains information about what ports are used by Windows Home Server, both inside your home and for Remote Access.I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
Thanks for link Ken, while my specific router is not in the certifiednetworking devices list, it did pass the Internet Connectivity Eval with flying colors. I turned all the ports I opened to run the test just to see how it would do. While the test ran I was notified that port forwording failed from the WHS server.(funny huh, as it wwas during the UPnp test) I have also reviewed the trouble shooting WHS connector guide and verified all the ports are open that should be. I suppose I'll open the WHS ports back up and restart the server and router. I have reviewed the WHS connector troublshooting guide as well to get the proper ports. Maybe it's a Belkin thing, I kinda hope not though, I'm enjoying the gigabit ports and the "n" wifi.
