W2k AD & Client OS

[Andy]

Hi.. Thanks in advance for your help..

Our env have DOS/WfW 3.11-3.12/95/98/NT/2000 client OS -
due to legacy apps.

If we install W2k AD, will all the above client still
able to connect to the network?? I don't care about if
the older client (dos/wfw/95/98/nt) does not take full
advantage of AD - as long as they can connect to the
network and have access to network servers (nt4/2000) as
it is now in our NT 4 domain.

I understand that if our NT domain was called ABCD, after
AD it would be ABCD.COM (once in native mode) - will this
be a problem for DOS/WFW/95/98/NT clients, will they
still be able to log in to the "ABCD" domain or can they
login to ABCD.COM domain as well??

Thank again VERY MUCH for your time and help..

 

[Matjaz Ladava [MVP]]

You can use DOS and WFW to authenticate to AD. If you are planning to use Ad
in WS2k3 then you need to turn off SMB signing. See
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=811497 for more details. Domain mode (mixed
or native) has nothing to do with this.
You downlevel clients will still use NetBios name for locating and talking
to domain controllers.

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Regards

Matjaz Ladava, MCSE, MCSA, MVP
Microsoft MVP - Active Directory
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http://ladava.com