Re: Domain Logon Speed

From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 06/21/04 

Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 10:14:46 -0400

Harlequin wrote:
> Thanks Marina, Lawntech.
>
> Once in the new offices I certainly will be using a "formal" network
> infrastructure. 2 NICs, DHCP and all the other things suggested in
> this newsgroup.
>
> One question though if you don't mind:
>
> Why would I need to lock down resources to "specific NIC speed/duplex
> setting"...?

Go to the properties of each NIC in the network connections window (the
"configure" button under the NIC) and find the speed/duplex settings on the
Advanced tab -
>
>> Harlequin wrote:
>>> Thanks Marina.
>>>
>>> Once we move and I deploy the server "For Real" I'm considering self
>>> assigned IP addresses. Do you think this would have any benefits or
>>> would you simply allow DHCP to manage everything...?
>>
>> Self assigned? As in, statics? No way. Use DHCP from the SBS
>> server....statics should be used only for servers, network devices, &
>> printers (even for the latter, you could use DHCP reservations). The
>> days of keeping track of IP addresses with a spread*** are over,
>> my friend, and they won't be missed by me!
>>
>> What Marina was getting at is that in AD, since everything relies
>> *very* heavily on DNS, you must specify that all servers and
>> workstations specify *only* the internal AD-integrated DNS server's
>> IP address in their network settings. The AD-integrated DNS server
>> should be set up with forwarders to your ISP's DNS servers for
>> external resolution.
>>
>> I would also suggest that you lock down all servers & workstations
>> at a specific NIC speed/duplex setting - don't use autosense
>> anywhere. If you're using a hub, get a good switch instead. If you
>> can afford it, get a managed switch & lock down the ports to the
>> same speed/duplex setting as well.
>>
>> In addition, if you use roaming profiles, make sure the profiles are
>> tiny. Redirect My Documents to the users' home directories - via
>> group policy folder redirection or manually set per profile, as you
>> wish.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Michael,
>>>>
>>>> Check the ipconfig/all on the clients. Everything should point to
>>>> the server-IP.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Marina
>>>> Microsoft SBS-MVP
>>>>
>>>> "Harlequin" <michael.mason@arraspeople.co.uk> schreef in bericht
>>>> news:%23hPQJIxVEHA.2696@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Hi all
>>>>>
>>>>> Hopefully another quickie...
>>>>>
>>>>> I've noticed that when users logon to the domain it takes a while,
>>>>> I mean "Go make a cup of coffee" while.
>>>>>
>>>>> I hope this is down to the current infrastructure, non-structured
>>>>> 10 Mb ps network. However, I'd still be interested in any tips
>>>>> anyone has for speeding up a domain logon.
>>>>>
>>>>> As an aside: one user referred to something they saw as being
>>>>> "Nearly as slow as logging on to 'Mick's' domain". That certainly
>>>>> made me think...
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> -----------------------------
>>>>> Michael Mason
>>>>> Arras People
>>>>> www.arraspeople.co.uk
>>>>> -----------------------------