[THIN] Re: NT 4 domain controller issue

  • From: Michael Boggan <MBoggan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 11:09:43 -0500

2 routed segments.  10.10.1.x and 10.10.99.x

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Michael Boggan
Network Engineer/Citrix Admin
Virtual Desktop Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Braebaum, Neil [mailto:Neil.Braebaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 11:06 AM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: NT 4 domain controller issue


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Boggan [mailto:MBoggan@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 15 April 2003 16:26
> To: 'THIN'
> Subject: [THIN] NT 4 domain controller issue
> 
> I have a domain that spans 2 segments connected over the wan. 
>  On one side is the PDC and a BDC along with a WINS server.  
> On the other side, there is a BDC and a WINS server.  On that 
> side there are several WinNT TSE / Citrix XP servers.  On 
> most of those servers, when a user logs in it uses the BDC on 
> that side to authenticate and run the login script from, but 
> when users log into one of the servers, it is using the PDC 
> on the other segment.

When you say segment - is it routed (ie a different subnet) or merely
switched / bridged?

> This is causing problems with slow 
> logins and missing drive mappings from the login script.  Is 
> there any way to tell that server which DC to use?

A Microsoft utility called setprfdc.exe - I think from a resource kit,
although it may be a standalone thing.

> What 
> controls that?

Depends ;-)

Either pre-empting it, the balance of probabilities, or blind luck.

Neil

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