After we reboot our Windows 2008 member server it takes 20 minutes before the network connection gets connected. All NIC drivers and firmware are up to date and the NIC passes the HP dianostics. The server is a Proliant DL380 G6 using the embedded NC 382i DP Multifunction Gigabit Adapter. Any one have any ideas why it take so long for NIC to connect to network.

Hello,how did you configure DNS, is it only pointing to the domain DNS server, please post an unedited ipconfig /all from the member server and your DC/DNS so we can exlude this.Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

OK during the time it s not connecting it asks as if the network cable is not plugged in. Even though it is and everything looks good. The server has other embedded NIC that act the same way. Here is the ipconfig from the member serverWindows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : ocsfrontend Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : STATEWIDE.LOCAL Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : STATEWIDE.LOCAL Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : HP NC382i DP Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter #3 Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-24-81-E8-A5-98 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::b1a8:efd:d941:e6e7%12(Preferred) IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.31(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.16 192.168.1.26 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{76FD6AD7-8607-443C-940F-9821E714A2E0} Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 13: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : YesHere is the ipconfig from the DC/DNS serverWindows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : lsdata Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : STATEWIDE.LOCAL Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : STATEWIDE.LOCAL Ethernet adapter Internal NIC: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : HP NC7781 Gigabit Server Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-7F-AC-84-A2 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.16 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.16 192.168.1.26 Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.16 Secondary WINS Server . . . . . . : 192.168.1.26

hiDo you have any mapped drives that no longer exist, or that have been temporarily removed?If so, the login will be repeatedly trying to find something that should be there but isn'tThanks...Deva --Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Hi, Besides Deva’s suggestion, please also perform a clean boot to isolate 3rd party software compatibility. If the issue doesn’t appear after clean boot, disable fewer 3rd party services until find the root cause. Clean Boot the Windows Server 2008 manually: a. Click Start, type msconfig in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER. b. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password or click Continue. c. On the General tab, click Selective startup. d. Under Selective Startup, click to clear the Load startup items check box. e. Click the Services tab, click to select the Hide All Microsoft services check box, and then click Disable all. f. Click OK, and then click Restart. Regards, Bruce