Slow Network / Policies not Applied?

[NcCorduan]

Hello, all...

Our Win2K network goes across a WAN. There's server hosting the AD and acting as mirrored DC at each of our two locations. Our policies at my locatin still come from across the WAN, however. When I ping the server from which the policies are coming I get times of 10ms -- 30ms

I know that this would be considered a "slow" network as Windows 2000 determines it.

We have experienced problems with some users and policies not pulling their policies at times. It's a sporadic and oftne random seeming thing, though it gets worse at the busy times of day and it has gotten worse with the number of Windows 2000 users and computers we've put in place.

The question then is this: if a network is considered slow by Windows -- and, frankly, by our users! -- does that mean that policies may sometimes not be applied?

Any other suggestions you might have about policies not being applied would be helpful, too... Thanks a bunch!

 

[tlcscousin]

If there is a slow link, by default W2K limits to security settings and Admin templates being processed. You can alter it for many other policy settings by setting the slow link detection speed.

 

[NcCorduan]

Thanks! I was looking at those settings earlier. Do you have a reommendation for what I should use to accomodate a ping of 20ms--30ms?

Thanks again!

 

[tlcscousin]

I would really like to help but am just taking a course on this stuff so I relly cant pinpoint a recommended amount.The book says to set it at the speed in KBPS that you find acceptable.So I think you would have to convert it.One of the more knowledgable people will probably jump in and point out what is acceptable.