Subnets on sites and services

[Jerry]

We have a flat network all located on one campus.

The consultant who originally setup our 2000 network
created 2 subnets under Sites and Services. These subnets
are our Class C network address range and 1 NAT address
range. I do not think these are necessary as we are
located in one place and do not have any sites over WAN
links. Do you think I can delete?

 

[Tim Hines [MSFT]]

If your domain is all on one LAN then it is not important to have sites and
subnets configured. Sites are primarily used for controlling logon,
traffic, replication traffic and for site aware applications. If you do
delete the subnets then you will probably start receiving informational
event ID 5778 in the netlogon log of yout domain controllers. It will be
logged when clients logon and it basically means that the client was unable
to determine its site because it was unable to locate it's subnet in sites
and services. You can delete the information and your domain will still
continue to function.

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Tim Hines, MCSE, MCSA
Windows 2000 Directory Services

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