I've seen this happening several times. A network trace using a good network sniffer did the job most of the times for troubleshooting these kind of issues.
Verify that is has nothing to do with files getting locked when multiple users logging on. You could also try logging on using a XP client in the same site as the DC to determine whether or not the network configuration is causing the problemn. Cheers! John Reijnders -----Original Message----- From: Abbiss, Mark To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: 25-9-2003 10:37 Subject: [ActiveDir] Incredibly slow log on Just wondering if anyone else has encountered this problem. We have just installed a small external office with some new clients. They authenticate with the AD across a 512Mb fixed line. There are the "usual" encryption/firewall devices between the two sites. When logging on in the office with an adminstrative account which has no associated scripts, the logon process is quick and painless. The admin accounts also have no roaming profiles to worry about. However, when logging on with a user accounts, which does have a script and roaming profile (max size 8MB) associated with it, the logon process can take 25 minutes and generally the roaming profile it not successfully retrieved. A couple of old NT cleints left in the office that authenticate with an NT domain controller across the same line through the same encryption/firewall devices have no such problems at all. What I would like to ask is what part of the W2K environment could be causing such slow responses across this line ? The clients are XP. Is there some tweak that could speed up the data exchange ? I have been discussing it internally and mention has been made of whether the communication is UDP or TCP. I have to admit complete ignorance of what this means. But it seems communication can be defaulted to one or the other, which has an impact. I really am clueless though. I probably wont get any replies to this but am just curious as to what could possibly be contributing to the problem. Many thanks for any pointers. Mark List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
