We have 12 netware 5.1 servers. We recently made changes to SLP and NDS partitioning as per Novell. After the SLP changes we experienced extremely slow login times, so we returned to the original configuration. Now every workstation object and user authenticates to one server, even across WAN links. The server is the primary DNS server, holds the master replica of every partition, and is the DHCP server for the local site. We may have narrowed the problem down to a ZENworks 3.0 issue, although search policies do not walk up to root, and there are at least 2 R/W replicas of the local partition at each site. We have ruled out SLP and DNS since workstations do not need to authenticate for SLP queries and DNS name resolutions. We have an open incident with the Sento Corporation, but have been passed from engineer to engineer with no results. Any insight into this predicament would be appreciated.

Hi

What happens if you switch off your router? Do the clients then log into the correct server? Try this then switch the router back on and reboot the client and see which server it attempts to log into.

Brian

Actually haven't powered the routers off at any of the sites, but we have used the disable login command on the server in question. It makes it so that nobody logs in at any site.

We ran into this issue the other day - refered to as tree walking - turns out the clients are looking for Zen policies and walking up the tree - You have to set the parameter in the top of each partiton to tell NAL that this is the top of the tree - goto nwadmin, laucher configuration and check "use as top of tree" - you set this at the top level of each partition - read up on it off novell site - also do some looking uder Tree walking on the knowledge base - you'll figure it out - Mike