Re: DC/DNS/DFS/AD Problem???

In news:1166505078.557660.54530@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
apprentice463 <apprentice463@xxxxxxx> stated, which I commented on below:
Here is the ipconfig from the server

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : selene
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : auroranet.acsnet.ca
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : auroranet.acsnet.ca
acsnet.ca

Ethernet adapter AuroraNet:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast
Ethernet
NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-88-31-BB-FD
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.6.90
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.6.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 127.0.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Here is the ipconfig for another server in the network.
Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : HELIOS
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : auroranet.acsnet.ca
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : auroranet.acsnet.ca
acsnet.ca

Ethernet adapter AuroraNet:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010
PCI Gigab
it Ethernet Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-A6-8B-A9-B8
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.6.92
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.6.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.6.90
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

See below for the rest of my reply

Ace Fekay [MVP] wrote:
In news:1166478409.977497.111550@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
apprentice463 <apprentice463@xxxxxxx> stated, which I commented on
below:


To add, when I searched on "System Error, Code = (549)
STATUS_NOT_FOUND.", I found an issue with McAfee.
http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=56112

What type of antivirus or firewall are you using on the server or
workstations?

Ace
Yes I read the article from McAfee before I posted here.

No software firewalls on the Servers or Workstations except for the
Webserver. All incoming and outgoing traffic goes through a
Checkpoint hardware firewall. For antivirus we use Computer
Associates AV product.

btw- Why is NetBIOS disabled? There are some niceties that work with
it, such as network neighborhood, network browsing, printer browsing
on the network (not thru AD), mapped drives by single name.

My understanding is that only legacy systems pre W2K need netbios and
possibly SAMBA, not sure about SAMBA though. The only other place
that Netbios is required, that I know about, is when creating trusts
between 2 forests. If we ever require it then I will reinstate it
for creating the trust. All necessary drives/devices that each user
requires are mapped using login scripts. BTW, I just disabled
netbios about 2 days ago which was prior to our problem... got tired
of seeing all the unnecessary broadcast traffic. Considering what
you said though I believe that I will reinstate it on the DC and a
test workstation and try another capture with it reinstated to see if
the SMB error goes away. I think DNS is configured okay considering
the DCDiag and Netdiag tests but DFS on the otherhand I am not sure
about. Is there a tool that would test DFS because on a scale of 1
to 10 I know about .01

Is the DFS service enabled or disabled?
Was a DFS root configured?

More info on DFS (generic search page):
http://search.technet.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?siteId=1&tab=0&query=DFS+2003

DFS, whether be used or not, is also related to AD directory replication.
Since you only have one DC, I wouldn't think this is an issue, however the
service needs to be running whether you've configured a DFS root or not.

Here are some issues that can cause slow performance. There were other hits
that related to SQL.

822219 - You experience slow file server performance and delays occur when
you work with files that are located on a file server:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=822219&SD=tech

JSI Tip 0992. SMB message signing will slow network performance.:
http://www.jsifaq.com/SF/Tips/Tip.aspx?id=0992

JSI Tip 9731. You experience slow network performance using ADSL ...:
http://www.jsifaq.com/SF/Tips/Tip.aspx?id=9731

Slow network performance occurs if you copy files to a domain controller
that is running Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321098

Slow network performance occurs when you select a file on a share that uses
NTFS:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/265396


Is the DHCP Client Service disabled? This is a *necessary* service on a DC
or any machine for that matter and controls the resolver service, whether
the mahcine is a DHCP client or not. It must be enabled.

NetBIOS, although NOT used by AD, is used by other services, such as the
neighborhood, printer browsing, etc. It is also *REQUIRED* by Exchange. Are
you running Exchange?

SAMBA is an SMB to NFS translator to allow UNIX (Mac OSx, Linux, etc) to
coexist and act like a Windows machine and participate with network
browsing, etc.

I would also change the DNS local loopback address to the actual address, in
your case 192.168.6.90. Loopback addresses can cause 41960 errors. I would
also create a reverse zone for 192.168.6.0/24.

Ace


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