[plug] Quick DNS Query - Slow logon

[Chris Griffin]

>From memory (always dangerous), you are right. WINS has been such a
problem over the years that after Win NT they started phasing it out
in favour of DNS. I am fairly sure that w2k3 will not use it at all.

On 1/20/06, Bennett, Phillip <Phillip.Bennett at bestroads.com.au> wrote:
> It could be something to do with w2k3 needing to be a DNS server rather
> than WINS these days.  I could be wrong, but I'm fairly sure it puts its
> services listings into the DNS (Usually running on the PDC) This could
> be confusing the clients, as they are told to point at the linux box for
> DNS.  If you set up a backup DNS server on the linux box for the Active
> Directory domain it might help.
>
> Hth,
> Phil.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On
> Behalf Of Craig Ringer
> Sent: Friday, 20 January 2006 12:52 PM
> To: plug at plug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] Quick DNS Query - Slow logon
>
> Jonathan Young wrote:
>
> > If the Debian box is running the DNS and default gateway; the Windows
> > 2003 Server box is supplying WINS and authentication, where could the
> > bottle neck be???
>
> Why guess? Try doing a few controlled tests after hours if you can, and
> use Ethereal to monitor what's happening from both servers' points of
> view (or, if you have a decent quality managed switch, clone all traffic
> to your laptop and capture it that way).
>
> Ethereal is available for win32:
>
> http://www.ethereal.com/
>
> If you compare the times that things actually happen on the workstation
> to events in the packet traces, keep an eye out for something that seems
> to be timing out / retransmitting repeatedly, etc, you might locate the
> problem.
>
> --
> Craig Ringer
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