Perfect! That is exactly what I needed to confirm.
I truly appreciate the help.
Eric Jones, Senior SE
Intel Server Group
(W) 336.424.3084
(M) 336.457.2591
www.vfc.com
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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...
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Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP
Sr. Systems Administrator
Inovis Inc.
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> Hello All,
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> 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.
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> Any nfo or general recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
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> Eric Jones, Senior SE
> Intel Server Group
> (W) 336.424.3084
> (M) 336.457.2591
> www.vfc.com
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