Sites and Services Questions

Bringing up AD in our remote plants and I want to make sure I understand the
Subnet portion.
Is it as simple as entering the IP and Subnet mask we user per location?

Once I create sites and associate subnets to the site do I need to also
associate a subnet with the main site (default)?

Hello tkutil,

See here about:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...68(WS.10).aspx

Best regards

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> Bringing up AD in our remote plants and I want to make sure I
> understand the Subnet portion. Is it as simple as entering the IP and
> Subnet mask we user per location?
>
> Once I create sites and associate subnets to the site do I need to
> also associate a subnet with the main site (default)?
>

Every ip subnet should be associated with a site within your enterprise. If
not a user is routed back to the default site. This can be a real problem
if a user is at a site with a slow link and they have a local dc yet
improper configuration sends the user back to the default site.

So you need to create your sites and site links for the network topology so
Active Directory can then run the Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC) for
intrasite connection as well as the InterSite Topology Generator (ISTG) for
intersite connection. Once defined each subnet then needs to be associated
with a a site for the best connection to the site (Really best connection to
a DC).

Look at Meinolf's link, this is a best practice that will guide you through
the setup for your site questions.

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"tkutil" <> wrote in message
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> Bringing up AD in our remote plants and I want to make sure I understand
> the
> Subnet portion.
> Is it as simple as entering the IP and Subnet mask we user per location?
>
> Once I create sites and associate subnets to the site do I need to also
> associate a subnet with the main site (default)?