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by ndhiman 1 view

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I have a Win 2K Network with 5 DC's in same domain at 5 different locations that are connected via frame relay 256 K connection. I have noticed that my 2000 Clients are logging on and getting their Logon scripts from Remote servers even though they have a Local server. If I clear the NBT Cache they get it locally but again in few days they go out to different servers. What I want to know is Why this happens and how can I tell these machine to Log on to a specified server ??
Thanks in advance..

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by joseph moore

Did you make Sites in AD Sites & Services?

The way that AD is designed when you have different physical locations with their own domain controllers, you make a Site that incorporates the remote DC. You then move all clients that are physically at that location into the Site. Then when the clients login, they use the DC in the Site they are located in.
So, open AD Sites & Services on your Global Catalog server (usually the first DC you set up), and make a Site for each remote office. Then browse to the domian controllers, right-click each one and choose Move. You then select the Site to move them into.
After that, you can do the same for the clients, Moving them into their own appropriate Site with their own DC.

hope this helps

by joseph moore

Ok, then. I was just scared there for a moment!
So, you have a Win2k DC with AD, and a few NT4 BDCs hanging off it. Ok, great. No problem there.

1. No, you should not have any problem with your NT4Workstations or Win98 machines. BTW, you are running the AD client for Win98, right? You must be, in order for them to fully be on AD.

2. Again, no, there should be no problems.

Sites are the way to go with this. Just set up a Stie for each location with a domain controller, and the Site Connectors will be built automatically by the KDC service. Nevertheless, I would build the connectors myself, and set the remote DCs to be bridgehead servers. It is actually a lot easier then it sounds!

by ndhiman

Thanks Joseph, but I do have couple more questions. To answer your question, I do not have any sites created...

1. I still have few NT clients and 98 Clients. Will this affect their functionality ?

2. I also have couple NT4 Domain controllersthat I will be upgrading to 2000 soon...Will this Site creation process create any problems with them ?

Thanks

by joseph moore

Wait a sec here.

Do you have an NT4 PDC? Or are all of your NT4 domain controllers just BDCs? This makes a difference.

What is your Windows domain structure set up like???

by ndhiman

Sorry Joseph..I should have explained it before...I have few NT BDC's...I upgraded my PDC to Win 2K DC and few other NT4 BDC's to Win2k DC's. Just 1 Domain.

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