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On a windows XP computer, how can I find out which server is authenticated
from (logon server).

Also, is there a way to have computers go to a specific server to logon?
 
A1) U:\>echo %logonserver%

A2) There is a way to set the primary attempt for login to a specific
server. I can't remember how right now. I'm someone else will :)

May I ask why you want to set your login to a specific server?

-Frank
 
May I ask why you want to set your login to a specific server?

We have a remote site with an active directory dc, but most of the computers
authenticate at the main site instead of the closest dc. Also some computers
at the main site use the remote site's dc for logon.
I always unstood it as spf for logon.
 
This is a good question. quoted from http://www.howtonetworking.com/casestudy/ad1.htm

Case Study - Client authentication goes across the WAN
Situation: There are two offices located in different cities connecting with T1 line. There is a Windows Server 2003 DC in each office. However, the authenticate of most clients at the branch office goes to the main office site instead of the local site.

Cause: If they do not have AD Sites implemented, the client authentication will go across the WAN. Sites are designed for logon traffic and replication traffic control. If they were to implement Sites, the clients would always check for the DC/GC in their own site first.

Resolution: 1. Create multiple sites to optimize both server-to-server and client-to-server traffic over WAN links. In the Windows 2000/2003 operating system, inter-site replication automatically minimizes bandwidth consumption between sites.

2. Place at least one domain controller in every site, and make at least one domain controller in each site a global catalog.

3. To provide high performance, availability, and flexibility in distributed environments, use AD multi-master replication. With the multi-master replication, the fully synchronized directory replicas can give users faster performance because they can locate resources using the local directory service rather than by traversing the WAN

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On a windows XP computer, how can I find out which server is authenticated
from (logon server).

Also, is there a way to have computers go to a specific server to logon?
 
Eric K said:
On a windows XP computer, how can I find out which server is authenticated
from (logon server).
Click to expand...

Type 'set' into a command window to view all environment variables
including: LOGONSERVER

Should looks something like this:

LOGONSERVER=\\YOURSERVER
 
Eric K said:
We have a remote site with an active directory dc, but most of the
computers
authenticate at the main site instead of the closest dc. Also some
computers
at the main site use the remote site's dc for logon.
I always unstood it as spf for logon.
Click to expand...


Have you configured 'Active Directory Sites and Services' creating seperate
site entry for the remote site and configuring subnets for each site?

Kind regards,
Graeme.
 
THANK YOU, both of you!

Graeme Stow said:
Type 'set' into a command window to view all environment variables
including: LOGONSERVER

Should looks something like this:

LOGONSERVER=\\YOURSERVER
Click to expand...
 
just like to thank frank for that command - i can now see that both dcs on my lan are working to authenticate logon requests

cheers
 
You're welcome! Now you see that you *usually* don't have to set any
specific logonserver. The system automatically goes with the first answer
anyway.

-Frank
 
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