It is a Full 2000 Domain. There are no 4.0 or win 9x clients. Wins server and DNS server (both Win 2K) in each office.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Roger Seielstad Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 7:03 AM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: Choosing domain controllers Need some more information about the domain (AD or NT4?) and the clients (Win2k and later, or NT4 and before?). Could also help knowing what the WINS and DNS infrastructure is like. ------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Staines [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 5:56 PM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: Choosing domain controllers > > > > My company has multiple offices throughout the country. due to the > way the departments have formed it was not feasible to run multiple > Domains throughout the multiple offices. We created a single > 2000 domain > which is in all our offices. We created VPNs between the offices, and > replicate between DCs that are in each physical location. > We have been having some problem with one office. The > replication between the offices is set to the default 15 minutes, > however, we are finding that sometimes a user will actually login > through a domain controller that is not the DC in his office > (someone in > NY will verify on a DC in Chicago). Its not the biggest deal in the > world, but if a user lock out his account, we either have to wait 15 > minutes (or less) for the lockout to replicate to our DC, or try and > find the DC that the user locked themselves out of. I was wondering if > anyone knows of a way to mandate a Domain controller. Some > way of saying > to the computer, "check for this DC first then look somewhere else" > > Any ideas would be helpful > > Thanks > Mike > > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
