clients not able to reach dc

I have a few dozen clients in remote offices that are connected over a
slow-link. In the event logs of these XP clients I get error '1054 Windows
cannot obtain the domain controller name for your computer network.'

Now I know these PCs can communicate with the domain controller however I
assume there must be some time-out value that is controlling how long the pc
attempts to make contact with the domain controller.

I would appreciate suggestions as to how I might resolve this.

I've not heard of any timeout, but I'm sure there are generic TCP/IP
timeouts that might apply. Do you have any problems with other type of
sommunications like accessing shares?

Is your name resolution configured correctly to locate the DC? The clients
will query DNS in order to locate a DC. Do you have the subnets that the
remote sites are in assigned to an AD site in sites and subnets?

To troubleshoot the DC location process refer to this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314861

"JBeckett [MCSA]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I have a few dozen clients in remote offices that are connected over a
> slow-link. In the event logs of these XP clients I get error '1054 Windows
> cannot obtain the domain controller name for your computer network.'
>
> Now I know these PCs can communicate with the domain controller however I
> assume there must be some time-out value that is controlling how long the
> pc
> attempts to make contact with the domain controller.
>
> I would appreciate suggestions as to how I might resolve this.