Re: Long login times

From: Karl Middleton (nospam_at_nospam.com)
Date: 02/01/05 

Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 11:38:19 +1100

Also, if your workstations are XP, you may be having the packet signing
problem. There is a group policy mod that will disable packet signing
between the server and workstations and restore the snappy performance. I
think you can find the details of how to do this on www.smallbizserver.net

"SuperGumby [SBS MVP]" <not@your.nellie> wrote in message
news:efhoVnwBFHA.2016@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> please post the output from 'ipconfig /all > c:\ipconfig.txt' from the
> server and one workstation.
>
> and yes, the clients should be registering.
>
> "Susan" <Susan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CA31413A-99CC-47ED-B9A3-B288B49FD3D7@microsoft.com...
>> Yes, i did mean 03 (can't type today)....
>> I have checked the workstations and server and they do specify ONLY the
>> IP
>> address of the server in dns. Will check on the forwarders also.
>>
>> Not using roaming profiles at all, so at least i can eliminate that...
>> Thanks!
>> Susan
>>
>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>>
>>> Susan wrote:
>>> > I have a new SBS 02 Std. edition install....
>>>
>>> I presume you mean SBS2003, right?
>>>
>>> > Client computers are
>>> > experiencing unusually long login times.... Someone suggested
>>> > de-selecting "register this computer name in dns...." and i did that,
>>> > but it hasn't changed anything that i can tell.
>>>
>>> You don't want to do that - clients should be registering themselves in
>>> your
>>> DNS server.
>>>
>>> > Does anyone have
>>> > experience with this and possibly know the cause or a fix for this
>>> > problem?
>>>
>>> Make sure your DNS is set up right on your server & clients. All servers
>>> and
>>> workstations should specify *only* the internal AD-integrated DNS
>>> server's
>>> IP address (i.e., your SBS server) in their network settings. The SBS
>>> DNS
>>> server should be set up with forwarders to your ISP's DNS servers for
>>> external resolution and/or use root hints.
>>>
>>> Also, if you're using roaming profiles, make sure you redirect My
>>> Documents
>>> elsewhere, such as a subfolder of each user's home directory. Keep your
>>> profiles tiny.
>>>
>>>
>>> >
>>> > Thanks for all the help this forum provides -- it's the best.
>>> > Susan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>

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