Takes forever to log on to Domain Please help. 2

[vfear]

I am running win2k server as a Domain controller. My internal network is run from a linksys dsl/cable router 10/100 all machines have 10/100 cards. The server is a 400 with 256 mb of ram. It takes the clients like 3 minutes to log on to the domain. At first I was thinking maybe its just cause the machine is slow and doesnt have enough ram now Im thinking maybe its the router any ideas ???

 

[vtptech]

What are the stations running, XP?

 

[vfear]

yes the workstations are running XP pro.

 

[Copier]

I don't want to sound like a record hitching at the same spot but ... without technical detail regarding the server to go on BUT 99% of the time it's DNS settings on either the client not configured correctly or on the server.

 

[vfear]

so should i point the dns of the workstation to the the domain controller?

 

[Copierbw]

For starters do a NSLookup from the client machine and make sure the server is as default lookup server...
You should get something like :
Default server: xxxx.xxxx
Address: 192.xxx.yyy.zzz

One things that you might also have difficulty with is changing the password for the client from his/her workstation.

 

[GlenJohnson]

What service pack?

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,105144,00.asp

Glen A. Johnson
Microsoft Certified Professional
glen@nellsgiftbox.com


"You can't stop the wind. But you can build windmills".
Dutch Proverb.

 

[tlcscousin]

Found this article on XO slow logon to domains.

You may experience extremely long delays (up to 5 minutes) when logging into domains using Windows XP Pro. This is caused by the asyncronous loading of networking during the boot up process. This speeds up the login process in a stand-alone workstation by allowing the user to log in with cached logon credentials before the network is fully ready.

To disable this "feature" and restore your domain logons to their normal speed, open the MMC and add the group policy snap-in. Under Computer Configuration-->Administrative Templates-->System-->Logon, change "Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon" to ENABLED.

This can be fed to clients via a group policy from a Windows 2000 server by upgrading the standard policy template with the XP policy template. Since this is an XP only command, non-XP systems will ignore it in a domain distributed group policy.

 

[tip4u]

Anothing thing I'd look at is the DNS suffix on the clients. Ihad the exact same problem on my network and solved it by entering the "Complete" domain name in the suffix box.

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[AvatarZA]

I also have the same slow login problem so I would like to fix it, I aint that good with Win2k Server so i was just wondering how does one distribute group policies and what are they?