adding DC on different subnet

[SteveB]

Currently running W2K3 AD. I have a remote office which connects via VPN
tunnel. The remote office is on a class C subnet 192.168.150.0/27 and are in
a local workgroup relying on LMHOSTS to connect to main site. Our main AD
site is B class 10.226.0.0/24.
I need to install aW2K3 server at the remote site and want to make it a DC
to ease delay times , etc.
Do I need to configure a new site via 'AD Sites & Services' entering the
sunet of the remote office on the main AD or can I rely on LMHOSTS to point
to our main AD when I run DCPROMO?
What do I need to do to enable this?

TIA

 

[Jorge de Almeida Pinto [MVP]]

yes, create a site and add all the subnets of that location to it.

that way clients will use that DC and during promotion that DC will be
already in the correct site

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[Andrei Ungureanu]

you don't need LMHOSTS resolution when you'll run DCPROMO. You need to use
DNS to locate AD resources.

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