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Yes, I've read elsewhere that on Server 2003 it is enabled by default, but not on all versions of the Server OS.
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Yes, I've read elsewhere that on Server 2003 it is enabled by default, but not on all versions of the Server OS.

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Hi,<br />
I just acquired a new small business client with a Windows 2003 server and 8 XP / Windows 7 clients. The server is running DNS.<br />
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This morning while troubleshooting some DNS 4004 &amp;&nbsp;4015 errors in the Events Viewer, I noticed that on the NIC Authentication tab, &quot;Enable IEEE 802.1x…&quot; and &quot;Authenticate as computer…&quot; are selected. Other 2003 DNS servers I maintain for other networks do not have these features enabled, including one I myself setup using the Server Roles wizard. Should these settings be left enabled, or turned off. What is there purpose? I am in the process of getting familiar with this network. This server holds some data and hosts a business application, nothing unusual. Thanks for the advice.
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Hi,
I just acquired a new small business client with a Windows 2003 server and 8 XP / Windows 7 clients. The server is running DNS.

This morning while troubleshooting some DNS 4004 & 4015 errors in the Events Viewer, I noticed that on the NIC Authentication tab, "Enable IEEE 802.1x…" and "Authenticate as computer…" are selected. Other 2003 DNS servers I maintain for other networks do not have these features enabled, including one I myself setup using the Server Roles wizard. Should these settings be left enabled, or turned off. What is there purpose? I am in the process of getting familiar with this network. This server holds some data and hosts a business application, nothing unusual. Thanks for the advice.

DNS server NIC settings

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

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