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Login to Win 2000 domain is so slow

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by dilumd

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I recently configured a LAN with a domain. There are 21 Pc's connected.

all the machines are configured to same network configuration. all the machines has same hardware configuration.

But 5 machines takes almost 10 minutes to login to the domain. i couldn't understand why 16pc's takes less than 30 SECOND to login to the domain, 5 pc's takes almost 10 MINUTES.

can someone give me a solution.

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by jim_maclachlan

You didn't mention the OS of the clients; 2000 or XP? What SP? I'll assume you've ruled out any hardware differences (cables, different switches) since I doubt any of that would cause such a huge delay.

I'd try removing the PC from the domain, reboot, rename it, reboot & then join it back to the domain.

If it is Win2000 clients & the above didn't work, I'd not only pull it off the domain, but I'd remove the networking & reinstall with a different network card in a different slot, then join it back to the domain. I don't know why Win2000 is like that, but I've seen it suddenly lose the ability to connect until the networking was ripped out & replaced.

by churdoo

Even 30 seconds is a long time for login on a properly configured 20-ish client network. Are all of the workstation clients configured with the IP of your Active Directory Controller/Server as their first DNS resolver?

I suspect not, and so each computer has to wait for DNS resolution to fail before it turns to NETBIOS calls to resolve the DC. These 5 may have NETBIOS disabled or not working for some reason. Not sure, but start by checking the DNS settings of the clients.

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