Thanks ken, this is was what I suspected, (multiple DCs) as to why they did that? Not really sure, they are another girl scout office with no real IT personnel so I was asked to look and see what is occurring.
Found numerous issues, DFS setup, WSUS not configured, Exchange 2007 messed up, and that was only the first of many items. I think you have a good point on the LOGONSERVER, so I'll take a gander at that tonight. Again, thanks for the input and direction as I begin to open pandoras box! :) Thomas -----Original Message----- From: Brown, Ken F. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 3:46 PM To: Active Directory Admin Issues Subject: RE: gps applied Is is *always* the same "other" DC - or is it random DC's upon every reboot/login (check the LOGONSERVER environment variable) {this assumes you have more than 2 DC's in your domain}. What is in DNS for that particular site - is it the server you think or another server (site coverage issue)? Does the subnet definition match *exactly* in sites and services as to what the workstation is using (both the IP range and the subnet mask)? If the mask is different (say 255.255.255.128 vs. 255.255.255.192) even though the IP address is correct - and the router is sending the packets - but that subnet doesn't match exactly what is in AD (this has happened to us before which is why I bring it up). You'd have to look it up at Microsoft for the Windows client, but you can put the workstation boot up processing into a debug/logging mode and it will show what is going on - as to why the workstation "thinks" it is in a different site (assuming the subnet is defined correctly and DNS is correct). -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 4:31 PM To: Active Directory Admin Issues Subject: gps applied I was monitoring a site over the weekend and noticed that a local subnet was retrieving the policies from another server in a different subnet. This site has four subnets and defined in sites, but when I was on the local subnet I did a gpresult and noticed the client pulled the policy from a server that is in another state. What would do this? Bad configuration at the router? Server? TIA, Thomas Gonzalez Technology Manager Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas 210.349.2404 phone 210.403.1586 DID 210.349.2666 fax www.girlscouts-swtx.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ NEW: CounterSpy Enterprise: Centralized Antispyware - #1 in eWEEK Test! ~ ~ ~ ~ NEW: CounterSpy Enterprise: Centralized Antispyware - #1 in eWEEK Test! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/product.cfm?id=400> ~ This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ NEW: CounterSpy Enterprise: Centralized Antispyware - #1 in eWEEK Test! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/product.cfm?id=400> ~
