Re: 2 site's - vpn link - Slow local browsing

Hi Wendel,

Two sites assigned to two different subnets would certainly be an
improvement! But I don't think it would solve the slow browsing. If a share
in the "other" site opens faster than a local one, I agree with Ian that it
is probably a master browser problem. I looks like there is not a
network-wide browse list. The other alternative would be to use Dfs.

And there is still the worry of DCs as routers.

Wendel Hamilton wrote:
> Perry,
> You need to at least tell it you have 2 sites and the associated IP
> address range.
> Here is some Light reading Ha Ha.
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/ServerHelp/86a8abf7-7cfa-4aee-85fa-3cf25cf30e0e.mspx
>
> "Perry Perdijk" wrote:
>
>> Hi There,
>>
>> I dont know exaclty if I have a site link .I thougth windows did that
>> automaticly.
>> If i look in AD sites en services I see " default first sitename"
>> under that i see the 2 servers .
>> If i look in " inter-site-transport" then under "IP" I see
>> "defaultfirstsitelink"
>> If i look in "subnet's" There is nothing there.
>>
>> I'm not a sitelink expert so any idea's are more then welcome.
>>
>> Thx
>> perry
>>
>>
>> thx
>> perry
>> "Wendel Hamilton" <WendelHamilton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schreef
>> in bericht news:5FC676BF-C6E1-442A-96FC-CB65378FFA7D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Perry,
>>> I don't think it's a master browser or wins problem.
>>> Could be that it is getting the ACLs from your server over the VPN.
>>> Do you have a site link between them?
>>>
>>> "Bill Grant" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes, you need WINS. Browsing uses Netbios names and LAN
>>>> broadcasts. The only effective way to get in working in a WAN or a
>>>> routed network is with WINS. Without WINS there is no way that
>>>> the Domain Master Browser can find the master browser in the other
>>>> segment to build a network-wide browse list.
>>>>
>>>> You can use one WINS server for the combined network. If you
>>>> set up a WINS server at each site, make sure that they replicate.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Perry Perdijk wrote:
>>>>>> Does name resolution occur the same way at both sites? do both
>>>>>> sites have wins and dns servers with the same info or are you
>>>>>> broadcasting requests across the subnets for name resolution?
>>>>>
>>>>> Do i need wins on the servers?
>>>>> I have dnsservers running on both domaincontrollers. On the prim.
>>>>> domaincontroller and secondary dns on the sec.domaincontroller.
>>>>> Dns seem to be working fine on both site's.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Are you using the domain controllers as VPN Servers? How many
>>>>>> network cards do they have installed? What IP addresses for the
>>>>>> Domain Controllers appear in Wins / DNS
>>>>>
>>>>> I do run the domaincontrollers as vpnservers. They both have 2
>>>>> nic's installed, on internal (192.168.x.x) and 1 external
>>>>> (10.0.0.137). Both servers got isa2000 installed.
>>>>> Both dnsservers are listening on only the internal ipadres.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thx for your help so far...
>>>>>
>>>>> Main question about your comment, do i need to install winsservers
>>>>> for this type of configuration?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thx
>>>>> perry
>>>>>
>>>>> "Ian" <gruntyonline@xxxxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
>>>>> news:%23Vc2WlByFHA.664@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> Perry Perdijk wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi There,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I got 1 domain , 2 servers , the servers are configured with
>>>>>>> isaserver 2000. The servers are connected over a vpn link.. The
>>>>>>> prim.domain controller(192.168.0.0) is on 1 site of the link.
>>>>>>> Secondary controller(192.168.1.1) on the other site.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The problem is on the internal network on the remote location.
>>>>>>> when the clients connect to a share wich is on the local server(
>>>>>>> the network of the remote site) it is very slow.
>>>>>>> At first I thought i had to do with the browser service , but
>>>>>>> also when I connect to the server with " 192.168.1.1\share"
>>>>>>> sometimes it takes about 30 seconds for the share to open. But
>>>>>>> when i connect from the remote site to a share located on the
>>>>>>> mainserver with " servername\share " the share does open very
>>>>>>> quicly .. And that one goes over the vpn link. Dns on both
>>>>>>> sites of the link is working properly.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anyone has an idea what is going wrong ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> thx
>>>>>>> perry
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does name resolution occur the same way at both sites? do both
>>>>>> sites have wins and dns servers with the same info or are you
>>>>>> broadcasting requests across the subnets for name resolution?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you are relying on broadcast for 1 site then this could be the
>>>>>> issue.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> or
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Are you using the domain controllers as VPN Servers? How many
>>>>>> network cards do they have installed? What IP addresses for the
>>>>>> Domain Controllers appear in Wins / DNS
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ian


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