Re: authenticating domain controller

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Should have added that you need to ensure that you have set up Active
Directory Sites correctly and that you have created the Subnets correctly
and that you have associated each Subnet with the correct Site.....

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Cary W. Shultz
Roanoke, VA 24012
Microsoft Active Directory MVP

http://www.activedirectory-win2000.com
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"Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP]" <cwshultz@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> In addition to what Simon wrote ( about the 'set l' command on the
> clients ) you would need to look into your Forward Lookup Zone on DNS
> Server. Each Domain Controller record has a couple of
> values....specifically the Priority and Weight values.
>
> By default, the Priority value will be [0] for all DNS Servers and the
> Weight value will be [100] for all DNS Servers. If you were to want DC01
> to authenticate 4x as many authentication requests as DC02 then you would
> need to keep the Priority value at [0] for both of them but change the
> weight. DC01 would need to have a value of [80] while DC02 would need to
> have a value of [20].
>
> The pecking order is that all clients will authenticate against the DC
> with the lowest Priority value. In the case that there are several DCs
> with the same value, then the Weight value comes into play.
>
> By default, if you have two Domain Controllers running DNS then there
> would be approx. a 50/50 balance. Were you to have three Domain
> Controllers running DNS then there would be approx. a 33/33/33 balance.
>
> HTH,
>
> --
> Cary W. Shultz
> Roanoke, VA 24012
> Microsoft Active Directory MVP
>
> http://www.activedirectory-win2000.com
> http://www.grouppolicy-win2000.com
>
>
>
> "johnstep" <ai7802@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:e0P$6SBUFHA.3584@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>I have three domain controllers, two are Global Catalog server, how can I
>>tell which one is the authenticating domain controller? How can I change
>>the authenticating domain controller to another server that has Active
>>Directory on it?
>>
>
>


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