Re: Slow Logon

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"-Draino-" <guest@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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It seems that my 2 clients are experiencing slow logons. I am using folder
redirection (Desktop & Documents) only. I am using roaming profiles.

Is there anything I can do via disabling DHCP (Client and/or Server
Service), that might help? We all use static IP addys and I don't know if
this could have an impact?

If you are using static IPs then DHCP isn't a factor. Personally I would
recommend that for all but servers you use dynamic IP addresses allocated
from your DHCP server. That way you don't need to keep track of which IP
addresses are in use for each PC and you can ensure that DNS servers,
default gateway, WINS server etc are all set up correctly on all pcs.

Any other suggestions for things to look at?

Just some ideas:

1. Use ipconfig and ensure that the IP settings (other than IP address) are
the same for both the clients that are slow and for those which are not.

2. Look in the windows event log (system log I think) and check that there
are not any errors being logged. It could be an issue with the network card
or switch. Unlikely, but worth ruling out.

3. Since you use roaming profiles, is the problem related to the user or to
the pc? If its related to the user then its probably the size of the user's
profile. (Although personally I've only encountered this being a problem
with slow logouts.)

4. Do a disk check (chkdsk /f and reboot) on the offending pcs.

5. When the pc is up and running do "ping -l 64000 SERVER" (where SERVER is
the name of your SBS server). Then compare the times when you do the same on
a non-slow pc. The "-l 64000" is pinging using large packets, and if there
are any network problems then (in my experience) large packets are more
likley to uncover them. If you get any timeouts or inconsistent timings then
this either indicates a problem with the network, a busy network or perhaps
that your network doesn't support such a large packet size.

If you find out what it was could you post back for the benefit of others
who may encounter a similar problem.
--
Brian Cryer
www.cryer.co.uk/brian


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