Re: Is ICMP required for GPOs

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Thanks Guys for the reply,
I am aware of the disable slow link detection but what other issues arise
from diabling this?
TIA,
Altria
"Darren Mar-Elia" <dmanonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Also, this article only relates to issues where you have ICMP enabled, but
> packet size is restricted. If you have disabled ICMP altogether then the
> only way to get GP processing to work is to disable slow link detection on
> all machines that process GP. I've documented this process on my site at
> http://www.gpoguy.com/FAQs.htm. Do a search on ICMP and you should find
> the correct item.
>
> Darren
>
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> "neo [mvp outlook]" <neo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Yep. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;816045
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>> "Altria" <urbantec92@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> Hello All,
>>> Is ICMP (particularly ping) required for GPOs to function properly? I
>>> seem to have an issue with DC and clients recieving GPOs when ping is
>>> disabled for server to client and vice versa.
>>> Does Microsoft have any documentation about this because I seem to be
>>> catching hell from my Network Admins.
>>>
>>> TIA,
>>> Altria
>>>
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