They are currently no logon server to service the request

[hotgal]

Hi

I have a Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Professional
clients in my LAN environment. In my remote location I
have Windows 2000 Servers along with Windows 2000 Pro
clients. I have a LAN to LAN VPN setup between the two
offices. I tried to create shares on my local computer to
access the resources in the remote location. However I
keep getting the error "They are currently no logon server
to service the request"

What should I do to get rid of this problem

Thanks

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

Hi

I have a Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Professional
clients in my LAN environment. In my remote location I
have Windows 2000 Servers along with Windows 2000 Pro
clients. I have a LAN to LAN VPN setup between the two
offices. I tried to create shares on my local computer to
access the resources in the remote location. However I
keep getting the error "They are currently no logon server
to service the request"

Hi

Most likely caused by packet size limitations in the VPN connection.
Active Directory (with default settings) doesn't function very well
when max packet size is less than 2048 bytes (I would think your VPN
connection have a packet size limitation of approx. 1700 or less).

To verify this, try the following ping command (forcing it to use
a packet size of 2048 bytes:

ping -l 2048 -w 5000 <DC name or IP>

You should get "Destination host unreachable" if my suspicion
is correct.

This ping command should work (if not, you have other problems):

ping -l 0 -w 5000 <DC name or IP>


A workaround is to follow the instructions in this article:

How to force Kerberos to use TCP instead of UDP
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;244474

On your computers, set MaxPacketSize to 1 and see if helps...