Multiple time zones with 1 Domain?

[deanjenn]

We are a small company with two locations running a single Win2K domain at primary location connected via WAN. We are adding a third location that will also be connected via WAN. This new location will be in a different timezone (Mountain vs Central for existing locations). Does anyone know of a way to accomodate this new location without creating a seprate domain/controller for the Mountain time domain. The users in the Mountain time location will connect/authenticate to servers at the primary Central time location.

Thanks for your suggestions.

Dean J

 

[Big0range]

All you have to do set each machine to the mountain time zone, the difference in time will then be accounted for and accepted by the domain.

 

[Big0range]

Oops, let me clarify; my previous post might be a little ambiguous: Set each machine to it's correct time zone - central time machines to CDT, mountain time machines to Mountain time.

 

[deanjenn]

I have a user in the mountain time area right now using a vpn connection (facility isn't finished yet so he is using dsl from home). He changed his time zone on his XP Pro laptop from central to mountain, but when he connects through the vpn it is changed back to central. I assumed that this was because his machine was recognized as a member of the domain and it was forced to sync time with the domain controller in order for kerberos authentication to work.

 

[Big0range]

His time will be synched up, but it should maintain the appropriate time for his time zone and not change his zone. I've got vpn connections across three time zones and they are unaffected by domain logins. Check your VPN client and make sure it's not set to change the time zone as part of authentication. Also, if you can remote into the user's laptop, make the change yourself, then logoff/on and see if and when it changes.

 

[deanjenn]

Thanks for the info BigOrange. I'll verify this with the end user and make sure he changed the actual time zone and not just the time. Hopefully it's that simple!