Slow File Access on Windows Server 2000 Network

[Guest metahugh@yahoo.com]

Hey everyone,

 

I have a client that has two sites: Their main site and one remote

site. The remote site is experiencing slow network performance

opening files across the WAN connection. It's a Metro LAN setup

utilizing Cisco 1800 series routers and Cisco 3400 ME Series Metro

Ethernet switches. The ISP is telling me that part of the problem is

there are no WINS servers configured on the DHCP scope installed on

the 1800 router at the remote site. I can't see how not configuring a

WINS server would cause this problem; name resolution performs

properly through DNS. Any possibility that they are correct?

 

Thanks,

 

Hugh

[Guest metahugh@yahoo.com]

Re: Slow File Access on Windows Server 2000 Network

 

On Jan 22, 11:57 am, metah...@yahoo.com wrote:

> Hey everyone,

>

> I have a client that has two sites: Their main site and one remote

> site. The remote site is experiencing slow network performance

> opening files across the WAN connection. It's a Metro LAN setup

> utilizing Cisco 1800 series routers and Cisco 3400 ME Series Metro

> Ethernet switches. The ISP is telling me that part of the problem is

> there are no WINS servers configured on the DHCP scope installed on

> the 1800 router at the remote site. I can't see how not configuring a

> WINS server would cause this problem; name resolution performs

> properly through DNS. Any possibility that they are correct?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Hugh

 

To add more info here, the server with the file shares is running

Windows 2003 Appliance edition. SMB signing is turned off.

 

Hugh

[Guest Ryan Hanisco]

Re: Slow File Access on Windows Server 2000 Network

 

Hi Metahugh,

 

Not all name resolution will happen through DNS. Population of the My

Network Places and Computers Near Me are done using NetBIOS still. This can

impact shares and mappings. You'll also have a bunch of broadcast traffic on

your network to maintain the master browser list.

 

Make sure you set the node type to 0x8 in your DHCP to force the

workstations to try DNS first and if you're running more than one subnet in

your domain, you should probably bring WINS back into the picture. There

isn't a lot of overhead here and pulling the broadcasts off of the net will

do you good.

--

Ryan Hanisco

MCSE, MCTS: SQL 2005, Project+

http://www.techsterity.com

Chicago, IL

 

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"metahugh@yahoo.com" wrote:

> On Jan 22, 11:57 am, metah...@yahoo.com wrote:

> > Hey everyone,

> >

> > I have a client that has two sites: Their main site and one remote

> > site. The remote site is experiencing slow network performance

> > opening files across the WAN connection. It's a Metro LAN setup

> > utilizing Cisco 1800 series routers and Cisco 3400 ME Series Metro

> > Ethernet switches. The ISP is telling me that part of the problem is

> > there are no WINS servers configured on the DHCP scope installed on

> > the 1800 router at the remote site. I can't see how not configuring a

> > WINS server would cause this problem; name resolution performs

> > properly through DNS. Any possibility that they are correct?

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> > Hugh

>

> To add more info here, the server with the file shares is running

> Windows 2003 Appliance edition. SMB signing is turned off.

>

> Hugh

>