RE: Slow network connection
Erwin-
Another possibility might be to uninstall the server and
reinstall without the domain components. The downside there is that all
users must have a local account.
--EEM
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erwin Lotter [mailto:lotter_NO_S_PAM_@zsw-bw.de]
> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 3:22 AM
> To: informix-list@iiug.org
> Subject: Re: Slow network connection
>
> Everett,
>
> that's a very nice idea. However, I thinks I will not be able to
> follow it: First, the database NT is a workstation, not a server NT.
> Also, our domain controller is a Win2K server.
> With a lot of help from Murray I found out, that the authentication at
> the domain takes less than a second when I run dbaccess on the db host
> machine to connect to the dbserver - using an account in the domain.
> Also, when I take the host away from the domain and connect to a local
> account, the delay doesn't change at all.
> By monitoring the network trafic I found that the basic tcp connection
> to the database port (turbo) is established in less than a second.
> Then a delay of 54 second occurs which Murray thinks is due to a
> timeout in windows.
>
> Any idea?
>
> "Everett Mills" <eemills@nationalbeef.com> wrote:
> >
> >Erwin-
> > You could set up the database NT box as a backup domain
> >controller, allowing it to authenticate its own requests...If it
isn't
> >too busy otherwise. If you're running HADR, you could set the
redundant
> >server as a domain controller and hopefully, since you can't
guarantee
> >that your primary will follow the path you choose for authentication
> >(thanks, Microshaft), get almost as quick a response.
> >
> > --EEM
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Erwin Lotter [mailto:lotter_NO_S_PAM_@zsw-bw.de]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 8:56 AM
> >> To: informix-list@iiug.org
> >> Subject: Re: Slow network connection
> >>
> >> I have to make a correction:
> >> The database does accept windows users from the domain too,
> >> but I don't need that.
> >
> >
> >sending to informix-list
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