Re: Slow logon

From: Tom (oldfatjedi_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/29/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 21:10:34 -0700

Thanks guys.

I thought I did all that but I'll find out in the morning when I'm back out
at the client.
Other than the client PC cache, are there any other DNS entries I should be
concerned with?

Thanks again,
Tom

"Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]" <admin@nospam.WFTX.US> wrote in message
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> In news:%23SUeKKMdEHA.2376@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
> Tom <oldfatjedi@hotmail.com> posted a question
> Then Kevin replied below:
> > I have an account that has an existing AD network. When
> > I first came on site I noticed that DNS had no forward
> > lookup zone and had the '.'
> > I thought that I'd come back and 'correct' that at some
> > later date.
> >
> > I had to replace the owners computer. A few days later
> > he complained that it would take minutes to access the
> > network resources. I thought NOW is the time to fix the
> > DNS so I went to the account and removed the dot and
> > created a forward lookup zone with a forwarder to the on
> > site LinkSys router (which should push traffic to the
> > ISP, right?). Everything worked fine.
> >
> > I got a call saying the problem remains for the boss's PC
> > and, this morning, the ISP went down and ALL the units
> > took 15 minutes to log in.
> >
> > I've verified that DHCP is providing the DNS / AD server
> > as the DNS server. Even with the ISP down, logging in
> > should only be local, right?
> > What did I do wrong or what can the problem be?
>
> Create a forward lookup zone with the name of the AD Domain in AD users
and
> computers, set it to allow dynamic updates. Delete the " . " forward
lookup
> zone if they want internet access.
>
> Make sure all machines use only the local DNS address for DNS, never the
> ISP's DNS in any position on the NIC. The ISP's DNS can be used only as a
> forwarder.
>
>
> --
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> Kevin D4 Dad Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
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