Re: Slow Network with New SBS 2003 & Old XP Workstations

I don't have any real users with non-migrated profiles, but I don't think it
is a user issue. For example, at one point today, I restarted one of the
workstations and logged on with the domain admin account. This obviously did
not have any migrated settings. After a few minutes of me checking various
things, the system froze when I tried opening a command window. It can take
hours for the problem to show up on any one machine, so it is hard for a test
user to really know for sure.

I had uninstalled Webroot Spy Sweeper and Symantec Client Security before
removing the workstations from the other domain, and I have not yet installed
our new AV software. So I suppose it could be a virus. But I can't recall
ever having a virus in our environment that didn't come from e-mail, and we
filter e-mail for that.

bhaf


"kj" wrote:

bhaf wrote:
I don't think DNS is a problem, and dcdiag and netdiag don't show
anything that looks unusual to my untrained eye. The one dcdiag test
that fails is related to intersite messaging, and we have only one
site and one DC. I've posted ipconfig, dcdiag, and netdiag results
below (with domain name & external IP replaced).

Intersite messaging error is normal and expected in your config. All looks
clean to me and I would have gone with the SP2 vote too had I noticed it and
if not for that one newly built workstation without the problem.

So, perhaps some other software installed on the old workstation not on the
new one. Old group policy settings, firewall settings, antivirus, ???

Does a new user with a new (non migrated) profile also have this problem?



Note that the SBS server has 2 NICs, one with a public address, one
for the LAN. We are running ISA server 2004 with SP3, but I've
disabled it at times with no effect on this issue.

Offline files were enabled, but I don't believe anyone ever used them
(or knew how). Most users use roaming profiles which I know can take
a long time to load on a new workstation, but we have the same issues
with users with only local profile (or even local Admin account).
Users with roaming profiles can use the clean workstation (i.e. set
up from scratch) without issues.

I asked MS support about uninstalling SP2, and they didn't recommend
it (of course). I hate to mess with the server if it is running okay
and it's just a problem on the old workstations.

We had already disabled Receive Side Scaling (RSS) because of an
earlier issue, and disabled any TCP offload functionality while
trying to solve this problem. I also updated NICs on both server with
newer Broadcom drivers from Dell. Microsoft tried changing other
advanced properties of our network adapters (such as speed & duplex),
but nothing made a difference.

References to old servers and domain name are all gone now, and
seemed to be mainly two areas: installer locations (pointing to our
"software" share), and printer setups. I changed these to point to
new locations rather than simply delete them from the registry.

I'll try the suggestion of monitoring workstation with task manager
and see what that yields.

bhaf

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IPCONFIG FROM SBS SERVER

Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : srv05
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : company.lan
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : company.lan

Ethernet adapter Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom BCM5708C NetXtreme II
GigE (NDIS VBD Client) #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-18-8B-50-D2-FD
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 56.151.410.20
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.248
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 56.151.410.17
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.111.41
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Ethernet adapter Server Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom BCM5708C NetXtreme II
GigE (NDIS VBD Client)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-18-8B-50-D2-FB
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.111.41
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.111.41
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.111.41

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IPCONFIG FROM WORKSTATION

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : WKS03
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : company.lan
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : company.lan
company.lan

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : company.lan
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : CNet PRO200WL PCI Fast
Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-80-AD-86-94-67
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.111.103
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.111.41
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.111.41
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.111.41
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.111.41
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, May 13, 2007
9:59:47 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, May 21,
2007 9:59:47 PM

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DCDIAG FROM SBS SERVER

Domain Controller Diagnosis

Performing initial setup:
Done gathering initial info.

Doing initial required tests

Testing server: OLA1\SRV05
Starting test: Connectivity
......................... SRV05 passed test Connectivity

Doing primary tests

Testing server: OLA1\SRV05
Starting test: Replications
......................... SRV05 passed test Replications
Starting test: NCSecDesc
......................... SRV05 passed test NCSecDesc
Starting test: NetLogons
......................... SRV05 passed test NetLogons
Starting test: Advertising
......................... SRV05 passed test Advertising
Starting test: KnowsOfRoleHolders
......................... SRV05 passed test KnowsOfRoleHolders
Starting test: RidManager
......................... SRV05 passed test RidManager
Starting test: MachineAccount
......................... SRV05 passed test MachineAccount
Starting test: Services
IsmServ Service is stopped on [SRV05]
......................... SRV05 failed test Services
Starting test: ObjectsReplicated
......................... SRV05 passed test ObjectsReplicated
Starting test: frssysvol
......................... SRV05 passed test frssysvol
Starting test: frsevent
......................... SRV05 passed test frsevent
Starting test: kccevent
......................... SRV05 passed test kccevent
Starting test: systemlog
......................... SRV05 passed test systemlog
Starting test: VerifyReferences
......................... SRV05 passed test VerifyReferences

Running partition tests on : ForestDnsZones
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... ForestDnsZones passed test
CrossRefValidation
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... ForestDnsZones passed test
CheckSDRefDom

Running partition tests on : DomainDnsZones
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... DomainDnsZones passed test
CrossRefValidation
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... DomainDnsZones passed test
CheckSDRefDom

Running partition tests on : Schema
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... Schema passed test
CrossRefValidation Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... Schema passed test CheckSDRefDom

Running partition tests on : Configuration
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... Configuration passed test
CrossRefValidation
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... Configuration passed test
CheckSDRefDom

Running partition tests on : company
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... company passed test
CrossRefValidation Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... company passed test CheckSDRefDom

Running enterprise tests on : company.lan
Starting test: Intersite
......................... company.lan passed test Intersite
Starting test: FsmoCheck
......................... company.lan passed test FsmoCheck

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NETDIAG FROM SBS SERVER


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Computer Name: SRV05
DNS Host Name: srv05.company.lan
System info : Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Build 3790)
Processor : x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6, GenuineIntel
List of installed hotfixes :
KB925902
KB930178
KB931784
KB931836
KB932168
Q147222


Netcard queries test . . . . . . . : Passed



Per interface results:

Adapter : Server Local Area Connection

Netcard queries test . . . : Passed

Host Name. . . . . . . . . : srv05
IP Address . . . . . . . . : 192.168.111.41
Subnet Mask. . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway. . . . . . :
Primary WINS Server. . . . : 192.168.111.41
Dns Servers. . . . . . . . : 192.168.111.41


AutoConfiguration results. . . . . . : Passed

Default gateway test . . . : Skipped
[WARNING] No gateways defined for this adapter.

NetBT name test. . . . . . : Passed
[WARNING] At least one of the <00> 'WorkStation Service', <03>
'Messenger Service', <20> 'WINS' names is missing.

WINS service test. . . . . : Passed

Adapter : Network Connection

Netcard queries test . . . : Passed

Host Name. . . . . . . . . : srv05
IP Address . . . . . . . . : 56.151.410.20
Subnet Mask. . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.248
Default Gateway. . . . . . : 56.151.410.17
NetBIOS over Tcpip . . . . : Disabled
Dns Servers. . . . . . . . : 192.168.111.41


AutoConfiguration results. . . . . . : Passed

Default gateway test . . . : Passed

NetBT name test. . . . . . : Skipped
NetBT is disabled on this interface. [Test skipped]

WINS service test. . . . . : Skipped
NetBT is disable on this interface. [Test skipped].


Global results:


Domain membership test . . . . . . : Passed


NetBT transports test. . . . . . . : Passed
List of NetBt transports currently configured:
NetBT_Tcpip_{A94087D1-3C4C-41DF-B031-2C34576C5222}
1 NetBt transport currently configured.


Autonet address test . . . . . . . : Passed


IP loopback ping test. . . . . . . : Passed


Default gateway test . . . . . . . : Passed


NetBT name test. . . . . . . . . . : Passed
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