Bob Free posted a link to Gil Kirkpatrick's excellent logon topology doc: http://www.winnetmag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=37935 or http://www.netpro.com/forum/files/Authentication_Topology.pdf
Well worth reading, and if I remember correctly, it covers the exact question you've got... -------------------------------------------------------------- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 9:31 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [ActiveDir] Revising Site Design > > > > > > > Hello All, > > I'm revising our global site design, to further reduce DCs > and get more > efficient use of bandwidth. I'm finding that we have a > number of physical > sites that do not necessarily have enough users to constitute > a DC and who > also have high-speed connections to multiple other locations > that do need > and have DCs. > > I know that the bulk of design documentation says to create a > site only if > there will be a DC located at that location, but what about to control > logon traffic? Having a site defined in AD for the respective subnets > would allow me to setup costs and correspondingly control where these > locations would attempt to authenticate as well as better controlling > DFS...etc. > > Since I haven't run across any best practice documentation noting this > scenario, I was wondering if there are others on this list > who have come > pondered or actually done this. > > Any nfo or general recommendations would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Eric Jones, Senior SE > Intel Server Group > (W) 336.424.3084 > (M) 336.457.2591 > www.vfc.com > > 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/
