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Brian C
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 4:45 am    Post subject: Forcing domain controller from workstation Reply with quote
Is there a way to choose which domain controller will be used for logon
from the workstation? I need to do this for some testing.

The workstation is XP and the domain is Windows 2003.

There is only one site which contains all the domain controllers, and I
do not have domain admin rights, so I can't specify sites or change
weightings.

Thanks,

B
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Tomasz Onyszko [MVP]
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 4:56 am    Post subject: Re: Forcing domain controller from workstation Reply with quote
Brian C wrote:
Quote:
Is there a way to choose which domain controller will be used for logon
from the workstation? I need to do this for some testing.

The workstation is XP and the domain is Windows 2003.

There is only one site which contains all the domain controllers, and I
do not have domain admin rights, so I can't specify sites or change
weightings.

No AFAIK it is not possible on the client side - what You can try to do
is to modify server priority in the DNS SRV records for this DC:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/distrib/dsbc_nar_sdns.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/distrib/dsbc_nar_jevl.asp

Client should try to contact DC with the lowest priority

To force DC to register with specified priority in DNS see this tip:
http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBK/tip5100/rh5162.htm

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Tomasz Onyszko [MVP]
T.Onyszko@w2k.pl
http://www.w2k.pl
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Brian C
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 6:47 am    Post subject: Re: Forcing domain controller from workstation Reply with quote
Tomasz Onyszko [MVP] wrote:
Quote:
Brian C wrote:

Is there a way to choose which domain controller will be used for
logon from the workstation? I need to do this for some testing.

The workstation is XP and the domain is Windows 2003.

There is only one site which contains all the domain controllers, and
I do not have domain admin rights, so I can't specify sites or change
weightings.


No AFAIK it is not possible on the client side - what You can try to do
is to modify server priority in the DNS SRV records for this DC:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/distrib/dsbc_nar_sdns.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/distrib/dsbc_nar_jevl.asp


Client should try to contact DC with the lowest priority

To force DC to register with specified priority in DNS see this tip:
http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBK/tip5100/rh5162.htm


Like I said, I'm not a Domain Admin. I have NO access to the domain
controllers or DNS. They are handled by a different department. I do
have admin rights on the workstations.
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Glenn L
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 6:47 am    Post subject: Re: Forcing domain controller from workstation Reply with quote
There may be a way.
Never tried this before, but its worth a shot.

Put the FQDN of every DC into the hosts file on your workstation.
Put the IP address of a single DC as the IP address for every DC in your
host file.

Now when the hosts file loads into cache, all your DCs resolve to a single
IP address.
The IP address of the DC you are interested in testing against.

Hope it works
I bet it will.

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Glenn L
CCNA, MCSE 2000/2003 + Security

"Brian C" <brianc@university.edu> wrote in message
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Tomasz Onyszko [MVP] wrote:
Brian C wrote:

Is there a way to choose which domain controller will be used for logon
from the workstation? I need to do this for some testing.

The workstation is XP and the domain is Windows 2003.

There is only one site which contains all the domain controllers, and I
do not have domain admin rights, so I can't specify sites or change
weightings.


No AFAIK it is not possible on the client side - what You can try to do
is to modify server priority in the DNS SRV records for this DC:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/distrib/dsbc_nar_sdns.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/distrib/dsbc_nar_jevl.asp
Client should try to contact DC with the lowest priority

To force DC to register with specified priority in DNS see this tip:
http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBK/tip5100/rh5162.htm


Like I said, I'm not a Domain Admin. I have NO access to the domain
controllers or DNS. They are handled by a different department. I do
have admin rights on the workstations.
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