Re: Slow NT domain logon

Mike@NetDotCom ( (no email) )
Tue, 9 Jun 1998 12:47:50 -0400

Does the combo card allow you to connect to both coax and UTP????

Most ether cards only allow one media type to be active at any one time
usually through sensing which connector has a signal on it.

If you have cables attached to both this may be the source of your problem.

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: Danny Sinang <danny@uplink.com.ph>
To: NTISP <ntisp@emerald.iea.com>
Date: Tuesday, June 09, 1998 12:39 PM
Subject: Slow NT domain logon

>Hello.
>
>I have a PDC connected to my Win 95 workstation via a coax cable. I always
>logon as administrator from this workstation and authentication was
>lightning fast.
>
>But lately, after a fresh boot-up, it takes around 5 seconds for me to get
>authenticated.
>
>My Win 95 machine's NIC is a 3Com 3c509B Combo card. Before things got
slow,
>I connected a UTP cable to a network hub to get my Win 95 machine to auth
>against another PDC ( another domain ) I'm testing stuff on.
>
>I've reverted my Win 95 machine to use my first PDC's domain as its
>workgroup.
>
>Anybody know why things got slow ?
>
>Note that if I do a Shutdown / Close programs and log on as another user, I
>get fast authentication and logon.
>
>
>Danny Sinang
>President - Uplink Technologies, Inc.
>( Provider of "Clean" Internet Access )
>www.uplink.com.ph
>danny@uplink.com.ph
>
>