Trusting Domains

[phillid2]

I have a 2003 SBS server with Domain A created, 3 clients, print server, and a networked printer. A laptop with cached credentials on Domain B is connecting to the network on Domain A and browsing the network is sluggish, and not all network resources are appearing. DHCP appears to work fine for both wired and wireless.

I added Domain B as a trusted domain to A, added the computer in Domain A, but this seems to have made little difference.

Am I missing something?



Don Phillips

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[markdmac]

Can you please confirm that you have SBS. SBS does not allow trusts.

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[phillid2]

Do have SBS and it did allow me to add a trust. Perhaps it was not set up properly, but I did add one.

Don Phillips

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[markdmac]

This is a complete mystery to me. SBS 2003 does not allow trusts. So unless someone installed SBS and later installed the Option Pack to remove SBS restrictions that should not be possible.

If you have some how managed to establish a trust and it is not working that is an indication that whatever was done to get the trust to be established did not fully compensate for the SBS limitations.

I suggest you go with what is a supportable state. Forget the trust as that is not supported.

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Mark

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[phillid2]

Thanks for your help. I went back to the AD Domains and Trusts and the added trust is gone. Interesting. I logged onto the laptop on Domain B and it browses the network much faster now. Perhaps I was too impatient and the network master browser was not updated just yet. I have the clients set up for workgroup, and not a domain. It is only the laptop that is set with cached credentials on Domain B.

Don Phillips

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[markdmac]

That behavior makes a lot more sense to me. If you had discovered some trust trick there would have been some people in Redmond raising their eyebrows.

I hope you find this post helpful.

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Mark

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