Environment:
AD: 2003
DHCP has WINS Option
FileServer: 2008 R2
Issue: I had setup DFS incorrectly and it is in production and tried to setup correctly but new design not showing-up when log-in off network. I am connecting to our Wi-Fi network or even my home wi-fi when logging in off network.
Original design
\\domainname\users - there is no folder referals and this points directly to the path. i.e. \\servername\users
New design
Namespace: \\domainname\Files
Folders: Dept and User
Folder referals under Dept and Users: Site 1 and Site 2
Thus path to a user folder in Site 1 would be \\domainname\Files\User\Site1\Username and site 2 would be \\domainname\files\user\site2\username
No replication between sites
Both namespaces are in use but the old is how we are currently pointing users.
I map my Home drive in AD to the new DFS path and while on domain all is fine
When I log on off network (Cached credentials) - I'm not getting any drive mapping, when I log onto our VPN no drive mapping but I can manually map drive
When I change my AD account back to old DFS path for my home folder on network fine and also fine when I log on off network or locally with cached credentials.
It like it doesn't like the longer filename with the new DFS namespace is not being cached so that I least see it through explorer.
Ideas?
Thanks