Thanks, John. That setting (not the other one) appears to address what I need. 
I have enabled it, and we'll see how it goes. 

Thanks again.

-- nme

> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 1:12 PM
> To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
> Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Slow Link Question
> 
> Hi Noah..
> 
> I believe the 500 k is for group policy processing.  Some parts of
> policies
> will not process if the client thinks it's a slow link.  Although, this is
> not the most reliable thing in the world.
> 
> 
> 
> There's a separate setting for offline files:  Under Computer
> Configuration/Administrative Templates/Network/Offline Files/Configure
> Slow
> Link Speed:
> 
> 
> Configures the threshold value at which Offline Files considers a network
> connection to be "slow". Any network speed below this value is considered
> to be slow.
> 
> When a connection is considered slow, Offline Files automatically adjust
> its behavior to avoid excessive synchronization traffic and will not
> automatically reconnect to a server when the presence of a server is
> detected.
> 
> If you enable this setting, you can configure the threshold value that
> will
> be used to determine a slow network connection.
> 
> If this setting is disabled or not configured, the default threshold value
> of 64,000 bps is used to determine if a network connection is considered
> to
> be slow.
> 
> Note: Use the following formula when entering the slow link value: [ bps /
> 100]. For example, if you want to set a threshold value of 128,000 bps,
> enter a value of 1280.
> 
> 
> 
> There are also some settings in there that you can define behavior of some
> files, folders, servers etc.
> 
> HTH,
> John
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> Hi –
> 
> I have several users who appear able to synchronize offline files over
> links that are well below the default slow-link value. As far as I can
> tell, there are no adjustments to the slow-link settings within group
> policy. That is, they are all at the default setting of 500kbps.
> 
> Any thoughts on how to trace this down? Also is there a way within GP to
> prevent those users from browsing the remote servers at all? (I am sure
> there is a way at the router.)
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -- nme
> 
> 
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