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Long pauses when accessing UNC paths
We experience long pauses when accessing Windows UNC paths on our network. We have been a Novell Netware shop for years but are migrating and have noticed this delay. Is there some DNS settings we should check? We have two domain controllers with AD integrated DNS. These DC's have been running for more than a year and service internet name resolution for our organization with no issue. We do have WINS enabled and these servers are in our DHCP scopes but I wonder if these are even needed still. Anyone have any tips on things we should check to ensure we eliminate any delays? It happens when accessing our DFS name space too.
I am assuming server1= Primary DNS server and server2=Secondary DNS server in dhcp? If so have you tried switching them? Also make sure you enable all dns logging for event viewer and see if there are any errors that come up in event viewer. Also, is it EVERY unc path on the domain that causes slow responses, or just when you access shares from the servers?
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Yes, the primary DNS server is also the primary DHCP server. Remind me why that would be a problem, especially when this server is performing well and barely being hit? I seem to recall that this can be an issue, but don't remember why. We've tried this with multiple UNC paths with similar results.
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It shouldn't be an issue. I meant in your dhcp settings, try changing the priority of the dns servers, or even just change the priority statically on a pc, or just put only the other dns server to test if one server is providing better lookup speeds than the other. This will help narrow down the problem.
Also, when you ping a server or pc by name is it taking a while to resolve?
Also, when you ping a server or pc by name is it taking a while to resolve?
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