Inconsitent startup times to get to "Network Account Available"

We are trying to implement a mac mini server to control desktop, docking, preferences etc.
Seems to be working fine however, oftenly the MACs take up to 10 minutes to turn the login box status icon from red to orange to green on startup.
only when it's green can a student login and authenticate with AD
Really confused as to why they are doing this.
They have a 1gb lan connection to both mac and 2008 r2 servers
In DNS Manager i have 2 entries for each of my 4 x domain controllers, one A record points to it's static ip address for the network(10..*.), the other points towards its local ip for the SAN unit setup we have (192..*.) - could this be the problem? I have ordered the the name server record to put the 10..*. IP first in it's list but it keeps defaulting back to the 192 san unit address to be first in it's list. Could this be the problem or am i chasing a rabbit hole to nowhere??

Take a look at the DNS Server addresses that are being set on the clients. If any of the addresses here do not point to a DNS server in your network, then you will see this sort of oddness. If these are being propagated from a DHCP server automatically, then you may need to adjust the DHCP server so it gives out correct addresses to the clients.

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Hi Lookout,
Try to change the following 3 configurations:
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2. Change the Search Policy under Directory Utility. Make the Active Directory come first before the LDAPv3
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Hey there,
During startup of my MacBook Pro, Captive Network Assistant checks 249 different airport, hotel and other misc. WiFi hotspots. Proabaly adding a good 3 minutes to my startup time. ***? This all started while I was on extended layover at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.
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2/20/12 4:34:13.000 PM kernel: en1: 802.11d country code set to 'US'.
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Several hunderd lines of the same omitted..........
2/20/12 4:34:23.556 PM UserEventAgent:       0 : com.apple.cnstest
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2/20/12 4:34:23.582 PM UserEventAgent:       0 : com.apple.cnstest
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2/20/12 4:34:23.582 PM UserEventAgent:       0 : com.apple.cnstest
2/20/12 4:34:23.582 PM UserEventAgent: *** process 11 exceeded 500 log message per second limit - remaining messages this second discarded ***
2/20/12 4:34:23.910 PM UserEventAgent: CaptiveUserAgent:doLaunchWebsheet:119 can't run websheet, -43
2/20/12 4:34:23.926 PM configd: network configuration changed.
2/20/12 4:34:24.016 PM com.apple.launchd: (com.apple.xprotectupdater[51]) Exited with code: 253
Looking at the times, I see this only takes a fraction of a second but my startup time is still much much longer than it ever was or should.
Does anyone have any idea on how to get rid of this? I deleted the Captive Network Assistant.app from my computer but the checking continues. It seems to be a rarely mentioned issue doing a web search, and nothing like this, although it's referred to in certain articles.
Really weird.
Gregg

I'd take another look at your startup log.
If you look closely, you'll see that all those log messages occurred in the space of 30 milliseconds - by comparison, a human blink takes about 150 milliseconds.
So while I don't doubt you're seeing slow startup time, I don't think CaptiveNetworkSupport is the culprit, per se.
Fortunately, since every startup event is timestamped, it should be easy enough to determine what task is taking the most time.
As for CNS, it's not just an iOS thing - it's standard in Mac OS X, too. I'm also under the impression (but can't confirm) that it only checks the networks that you've previously connected to, so check System Preferences -> Network -> AirPort -> Advanced -> WiFi and delete any networks you no longer use or expect to connect to.

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Oh, and the stupid trackpad>natural scrolling settings keep resetting every time I log the test machine into her account on the server. What's up with that?

Time Machine icon in the dock will not do anything unless Time Machine is enabled.
Check the box marked Show Time Machine in menu bar in the preference pane. You do not have to enable TM to do that. The menu item will be grayed, but you can still hold down the option key and select Browse Other... All valid local TM volumes will appear in the list that opens, including disk images that are hosted on a network volume but mounted locally.
when the drive where the backups are stored is selected, clicking the icon (even an option click) throws up an error message.
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