Hi Kurt, thanks for that. Our ping times are faster than that, I have now created the server without any extra software running (we were running domino on the box as well), so now it is purely a fileserver, running backup DNS, DHCP, NIS, NTP.
If I turn my PC off, and log on it executes the NETLOGON script each and every time (great!), alas, if I log out and log back in, chances are it won't work (not so great), if I persevere, it will eventually work again, for a while. So, even with less load, it occasionally works, though I am perplexed as to why it appears to always work when I reboot my PC, perhaps there is something in windows that it messing up? We run Windows 2000 at the moment and are waiting to launch Windows XP on the poor users in the near future. Jason Walton Nomad Software Ltd 186 Regent Street London W1B 5TN Tel. +44 (20) 7292 2459 Fax. +44 (20) 7292 2401 www.nomadsoft.com Kurt Weiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 31/01/2003 07:00 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Samba] netlogon sometimes works (corrected with smb.conf attached) hello jason, we are using successful netlogon over years. - at first we had similar problems. the reason lied in the batch file: 1) the batch was written on linux, so the CR was missing at the end of the line... 2) we used "net use" without the /y flag -> windows did not rebind the drive, but deleted the old link. (so onetimes the link was here, next times it missed...) hardware: if u have not the possibility/experience to look at the network packets, so u can test your stability in a simple way: use ping with a big packet size, and u will find out, if there is a problem with your network connection: in windows (stop with ctrl-c): ping -t -l 65000 XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX should look like this: ================================================================== Ping wird ausgeführt für 192.168.10.1 mit 65000 Bytes Daten: Antwort von 192.168.10.1: Bytes=65000 Zeit=16ms TTL=255 Antwort von 192.168.10.1: Bytes=65000 Zeit=16ms TTL=255 Antwort von 192.168.10.1: Bytes=65000 Zeit=16ms TTL=255 Antwort von 192.168.10.1: Bytes=65000 Zeit=16ms TTL=255 Antwort von 192.168.10.1: Bytes=65000 Zeit<10ms TTL=255 Antwort von 192.168.10.1: Bytes=65000 Zeit<10ms TTL=255 Antwort von 192.168.10.1: Bytes=65000 Zeit=15ms TTL=255 Antwort von 192.168.10.1: Bytes=65000 Zeit=15ms TTL=255 Antwort von 192.168.10.1: Bytes=65000 Zeit=15ms TTL=255 Antwort von 192.168.10.1: Bytes=65000 Zeit=15ms TTL=255 Ping-Statistik für 192.168.10.1: Pakete: Gesendet = 10, Empfangen = 10, Verloren = 0 (0% Verlust), Ca. Zeitangaben in Millisek.: Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 16ms, Mittelwert = 12ms ================================================================== in linux (stop with ctrl-c): mail:~ # ping -fs 65000 XXX.XXX.XXX should look like this: ================================================================== PING 192.168.10.10 (192.168.10.10) from 192.168.10.1 : 65000(65028) bytes of data. . --- 192.168.10.10 ping statistics --- 458 packets transmitted, 457 received, 0% loss, time 6461ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 12.748/12.875/17.226/0.242 ms, pipe 2, ipg/ewma 14.139/12.880ms ================================================================== i hope it helped... gk -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba