Read inline please.
In news:uD%23oCqamIHA.4480@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl,
Anthony <qwer@awwewe.com> typed:
> Hello. I hope someone can help with the issues I have.
> Im having problems with machines taking up to 20 minutes to logon to
> the network, this does not affect all machines just random ones.(most
> machines) We have used a network sniffer to look at the traffic from
> the client machines and for some reason the client authenticates fine
> with the local domain controller, and know which site it is in, but
> then goes off talking to
> other domain controllers around the world in other sites. Im not sure
> if this
> is when it is trying to pull down the group policy, does anyone know
> why this
> would happen?
> Also if I ping my domain name the reply changes every so often, and
> its always from a DC in another country site, if we add a host entry
> for the local DC to the domain name it fixes the issues on some
> machines.
> Also on almost all machine I get the error in the event log "The
> Security System could not establish a secured connection with the
> server DNS/blah.blah.blah.com. No authentication protocol was
> available."
> What does this mean?
Is blah.blah.blah.com your internal domain name?
If not, it probably means you are using some external DNS in TCP/IP
properties and the machine is trying to register its addresses in it.
It could also mean that the time is out of sync with the server.
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Best regards,
Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
Hope This Helps
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