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> Willem van Dam wrote: ---8<---8<---8<--- > > Does the remote site have a server? If not consider setting > up a DC in the remote location. This will allow only changes > to be synced between the sites. The new DC can be in the same > "SITE" as fare as the Active Directory is concerned. > > I assume that the remote site is a workgroup. You can add the > computers into the domain and have the users use domain > logins. But the login process will be slow due to the network > bottleneck of going across the VPN. This is why a DC in the > remote location would help things. > > _________________________________ > James W. McKeand > James, I will probably have to setup a DC if the login process is really that slow but initially I would like to keep it simple because for now there will be only 1 person at our remote location. > This sounds like a simple DNS problem. Make sure the primary > DNS server is the one used in your windows environment. > Danny, The prim. DNS is indeed the DNS server at our main location. I have done some more investigation in the mean time and the DNS requests don't seem to go over the VPN. Do I have to create a sever rule for this? Or am I doing something else wrong? > It is indeed a name resolution issue. This is one of those > times when the "lmhosts" file comes into play and can really > work magic. It is in the same folder as your hosts file (the > sample one is named lmhosts.sam). > > Create a "lmhosts" text file with 2 lines like this: > pdc-ip-addr pdc-server-name #PRE #DOM:domain-name > pdc-ip-addr "domain-name \0x1b" #PRE > > It is critical that the second line be exactly 20 characters > between the quotes - pad you domain name with spaces if > needed. Replace "pdc-ip-addr", "pdc-server-name" and > "domain-name" with your info and save that file as "lmhosts" > and you will be able to do all the domain stuff (join, logon, > etc.) over the VPN. You will need to copy that file to all > the workstations on the remote side of the VPN. > > See: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=150800 > > ~Brian > Brian, My domain name is 16 characters (DomainName.local) So I have a total of 21..... Thanks all for your replies |