Authentication of user accounts between domain controllers

G

Guest

We have 3 domain controllers - 2 in the corporate site, 1
in the remote site. All users located in the remote site
always authenticate against the remote site DC. However,
a few users in the corporate site are authenticating
against the remote DC instead of the corporate DC. How
can this be changed? This slows down their login time...

Thanks
 
C

Cary Shultz [MVP]

-----Original Message-----
We have 3 domain controllers - 2 in the corporate site, 1
in the remote site. All users located in the remote site
always authenticate against the remote site DC. However,
a few users in the corporate site are authenticating
against the remote DC instead of the corporate DC. How
can this be changed? This slows down their login time...

Thanks

.
TW,

This is a common problem ( well, I do not know
if 'common' is the right word! ). Please take a look at
the following three MS KB Articles:

How WIN2000 Clients locate a Domain Controller
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-
us;247811

How WINXP Pro Clients locate a Domain Controller
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;
[LN];314861

How to optimize the Location of a Domain Controller or
Global Catalog Server that resides outside of a Client's
Site
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;306602

Also, I hope that you have configured your Sites properly
by using the Active Directory Sites and Services MMC to
create the second "remote" Site, create the appropriate
Subnets and then associate each Subnet with the
appropriate Site. This is very important. Please look
at the following MSKB Article:

How to create and configure an Active Directory Site in
WIN2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;318480

HTH,

Cary
 
G

Guest

Thanks for the information - this is very helpful!

Thanks!
TW
-----Original Message-----
-----Original Message-----
We have 3 domain controllers - 2 in the corporate site, 1
in the remote site. All users located in the remote site
always authenticate against the remote site DC. However,
a few users in the corporate site are authenticating
against the remote DC instead of the corporate DC. How
can this be changed? This slows down their login time...

Thanks

.
TW,

This is a common problem ( well, I do not know
if 'common' is the right word! ). Please take a look at
the following three MS KB Articles:

How WIN2000 Clients locate a Domain Controller
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-
us;247811

How WINXP Pro Clients locate a Domain Controller
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;
[LN];314861

How to optimize the Location of a Domain Controller or
Global Catalog Server that resides outside of a Client's
Site
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;306602

Also, I hope that you have configured your Sites properly
by using the Active Directory Sites and Services MMC to
create the second "remote" Site, create the appropriate
Subnets and then associate each Subnet with the
appropriate Site. This is very important. Please look
at the following MSKB Article:

How to create and configure an Active Directory Site in
WIN2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;318480

HTH,

Cary
.
 

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