[isalist] Re: "Domain Controllers" in ISA 2004

  • From: "Gerald G. Young" <g.young@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 13:09:53 -0500

Is the ISA server a DNS server, too?

 

If not, I would think you’d want to specify the DNS server IP addresses on 
the NIC that resides on the same network as your DCs.  It would probably be a 
good idea to remove them from the other NIC.

 

Cordially yours,

Jerry G. Young II

Application Engineer, Platform Engineering and Architecture

NTT America, an NTT Communications Company

 

22451 Shaw Rd.

Sterling, VA 20166

 

Office: 571-434-1319

Fax: 703-333-6749

Email: g.young@xxxxxxxx

 

From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Rob Moore
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 11:51 AM
To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [isalist] Re: "Domain Controllers" in ISA 2004

 

Yes to both of your AD questions. The ISA server points only to itself (the 
internal address) on both NICs. 

 

Rob

 

From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Gerald G. Young
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 11:12 AM
To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [isalist] Re: "Domain Controllers" in ISA 2004

 

Rob,

 

Are sites configured in Active Directory and do you have subnets defined for 
the sites in Active Directory?  You’ll also want to check your NIC 
configuration for DNS servers on the ISA box(es).  Are those settings up to 
date?

 

Cordially yours,

Jerry G. Young II

Application Engineer, Platform Engineering and Architecture

NTT America, an NTT Communications Company

 

22451 Shaw Rd.

Sterling, VA 20166

 

Office: 571-434-1319

Fax: 703-333-6749

Email: g.young@xxxxxxxx

 

From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Rob Moore
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 9:57 PM
To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [isalist] Re: "Domain Controllers" in ISA 2004

 

Here's what I'm experiencing. We have somewheres around 15 DCs in the domain. 
Two of them are on the local subnet. I recently retired one of the two local 
DCs. Then I noticed that our Internet connection got real slow--mainly a delay 
of, say, 20 seconds before a page would load. I started poking around with DNS. 
If I changed the WAN card on the firewall to point at an external DNS server, 
the web sped up a bunch. But you probably know that this isn't a good 
arrangement and pretty soon thereafter we got other problems happening. So I 
pointed DNS on the WAN card back to the LAN address on the firewall. The other 
problems went away but slow access came back. So I poked around on the firewall 
a bit and found that Domain Controllers computer set. I noticed that the list 
in there was out of date, and both of the DCs on the local domain that were in 
that list are now retired. So I'm guessing (maybe incorrectly) that that 
somehow bears on this problem--like maybe the ISA server is now trying to talk 
to DCs on remote subnets since it can't find the two DCs on the local subnet. 
So I was hoping if I could edit that computer set I could make the problem go 
away.

 

Anyway, that's what's happening. Maybe I'm way off base? Any suggestions?

 

Rob

 

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From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Thomas W Shinder
Sent: Tue 3/6/2007 3:54 PM
To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [isalist] Re: "Domain Controllers" in ISA 2004

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The domain controllers computer set is one of the great mysteries of the
ISA firewall. You won't find any documentation about it and many will
deny its existance. Never bring it up in polite company.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rob Moore
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 1:23 PM
> To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [isalist] Re: "Domain Controllers" in ISA 2004
>
> http://www.ISAserver.org <http://www.isaserver.org/> 
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>  
> Can this field not be edited? Is the ISA server supposed to
> pick up the
> DCs automatically? What's the mechanism for that? Is there
> something in
> my configuration that's not allowing this to happen?
>
> Thanks,
> Rob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Moore
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 1:18 PM
> To: 'isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [isalist] Re: "Domain Controllers" in ISA 2004
>
> I have a stand-alone Standard edition server. I was trying to edit it
> from the ISA 2004 console.
>
> Rob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Jim Harrison
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 12:55 PM
> To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [isalist] Re: "Domain Controllers" in ISA 2004
>
> http://www.ISAserver.org <http://www.isaserver.org/> 
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>  
> Where are you editing from; array or enterprise level?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Rob Moore
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 9:10 AM
> To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [isalist] "Domain Controllers" in ISA 2004
>
> I have a Computer Set in my ISA 2004 called "Domain Controllers." The
> list is inaccurate, and I think it's starting to cause us
> some trouble.
> But I can't seem to edit it. How do I make changes to it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rob
>
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