Re: Logon Server

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From: Tomasz Onyszko (T.Onyszko_at_w2k.pl)
Date: 11/09/04 

Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 19:24:30 +0100

Rajeev Agarwal wrote:
> We have two domain controllers in our AD environment. I will call these as
> DC1 and DC2. The DC2 is located in a site on a slower link and provides
> authentication to the user in this site. All other users should authenticate
> from DC1. But when I verify using the set cmd on a XP pro PC, I find that the
> LOGON server is DC2 instead of DC1. I try setting this on the PC but reboot
> and relogon again shows me the wrong logon server. How can I force all the
> other users to have the logon server as DC1?

Do You have sites and subnets created in Your AD - if no create proper
sites for Your physical location and place proper DC in each site, also
configure subnets and assign them to the sites - Your clients shuld use
logon server from their site. 

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Tomasz Onyszko [MVP]
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