AD Sites Logons

[Frank A, Zanotti]

Hi All,
I wanted to confirm something's I was testing in my lab, which has to do
with sites. If I have two sites (Site1) and (Site2) connected Via 56k.
In (Site1) I have a subnet 192.168.1.0/24 and in (Site2) I have a subnet
192.168.2.0/24. I also have another Subnet in the lab 192.168.3.0/24 and all
3 subnets are connected via routers, so my question is if I have a client on
192.168.3.0/24 and I place it in (Site2) will the user logon to the DC that
is in that site (Site2). My second question is how long does it take to
register the change because I was testing moving the subnet 192.168.3.0/24
to both sites then logging the user on and typing echo
%logonserver% I was getting inconsistent results which I think has to do
with time. My third question is when a user logs in doesn't it always try to
go to the last DC that authenticated it, does the sites override this, an
example would be if I had the user on 192.168.3.0/24 subnet and placed it in
(Site2) logged the user in, then switch the subnet to (Site1) and log the
user in would it know to goto a DC in the site where the system resides.
Thanks In Advance
Frank A, Zanotti
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[Matjaz Ladava [MVP]]

1. Yes, the client will authenticate to its closest DC. This is in the site2
2. For other questions read carefully
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314861 on how
DC's are located. There is a entry, how the closest DC information is cached
on the client.

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Regards

Matjaz Ladava, MCSE (NT4 & 2000), Windows MVP
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[Frank A, Zanotti]

Matjaz Ladava,
Thanks again for your help, you always hit the nail on the head.
Sincerely
Frank A, Zanotti
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[Matjaz Ladava [MVP]]

No problem Frank. Anytime ;-)

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Regards

Matjaz Ladava, MCSE (NT4 & 2000), Windows MVP
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http://ladava.com