PCs authenicate over WAN

[David Warner]

I have a Win2000 Domain in Mixed Mode. At a remote site thats connected by
a 128K WAN connection I have Windows 2000 Domain controller thats also a
Global Catalog Server. I have 5 thin clients at the site that uses the
Domain Controller as a Terminal Server. I also have 2 XP PCs at the site.
When these 2 PCs login they authenicate against a Domain Controller that is
at the Corp Office or even at another remote site instead of the one that is
physically on the same subnet as the PC. The thin clients authenicate fine
using its own Server. I believe I have setup the sites and subnets
correctly in Active Directory Sites and Services, but the PCs still go
elsewhere to authenicate. Obviously I want them to authencicate to the
local DC. It takes a long time to run the login script and group policy
over the slow Wan. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

Dave

 

[Matjaz Ladava [MVP]]

Either your Sites and services setup is wrong, or your clients get wrong
sites information from the DNS server. DNS server provides the clients with
information on their location, so that they can authenticate to the nearest
DC. Is your site DC also a global catalog server ? GC is contacted during
logon process.

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Regards

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

 

[David Warner]

Yes the DC is a Global Catalog and a DNS server. Everything seems right.
It just doesn't work. If I put WINS on the DC server would that help?