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Windows 2000 Active Directory Domain on a WAN

I have a customer with the following setup

a. Sydney: 192.168.2.xxx domain GNSSYDNEY NT 3.51
b. Brisbane: 192.168.7.xxx domain GNSBRISB NT 3.51
c. Melbourne: 192.168.3.xxx domain GNSMELBOURNE NT 3.51

The servers are independent domains with trust relationships. There is a 64kbit Frame Relay network between the locations.

We are moving all the systems to a Window 2000 system. We have established the domains

groupnews.com.au in Sydney, melbourne.groupnews.com.au in Melbourne and brisbane.groupnews.com.au in Brisbane. We want the credentials of the users replicated in each state so that a user in Sydney can login in Brisbane using Terminal Services using there Sydney users rather than having to replicate the users in each state.

How do we establish the replication between the domains? The link is slow so the replication should occur at night if possible or on demand.

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Thomas Lee

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JasonCustomLAN

Sounds very similar to a problem I was having today, I'll keep you posted. Good Luck!

philsmicronet

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Ok, thanks. We have setup this way and its works like a dream except the following problem. The DNS servers do not let me put forwarders in because it states it is a root server. I want the Brisbane + Melbourne DNS to look up local addresses and then pass to Sydney if it cant resolve. Sydney needs to then forward to an internet DNS server to resolve public host names. Is this possible?

Thomas Lee

Just remove the "." domain (the root domain) and you should be able to forward.