Re: Win2K client connection to NT Domain/Servers.

From: Blare Sutton (blareat_at_stabilitydot.comdot.au)
Date: 03/05/04 

Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 12:44:15 GMT

Actually, while trolling along technet, i came across:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;258832&Product=win2000

Have a gander at that...

"Blare Sutton" <blareat@stabilitydot.comdot.au> wrote in message
news:lx_1c.88311$Wa.23282@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> I had the, uh, priveledge, of maintaining an NT4 domain with PDC, BDC, and
a
> mixed basket of clients from Win95 all the way through to XP. I didn't
have
> any problems with them joining the domain at all, however I ran DHCP &
WINS
> on the network. That, and the fact that the only protocol i ran was
TCP/IP,
> sounds like the only difference here.
>
> "Jonathan" <jrhaigh@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uFtHn1qAEHA.3308@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > They're on th same subnet, I have tried disabling the encrypted
> > communications in the Security policies as well.
> >
> > Jonathan
> >
> > "Blare Sutton" <blareat@stabilitydot.comdot.au> wrote in message
> > news:Hi_1c.88290$Wa.25848@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> > > Mate,
> > >
> > > Make sure that they are all on the same subnet for a start (i.e. the
ip
> > > addresses are 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.0.254 with a mask of
> 255.255.255.0).
> > > Then try pinging.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Blare
> > >
> > > "Jonathan" <jrhaigh@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:uOyUjqqAEHA.3828@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I'm trying to get a bunch of Windows 2000 Pro laptops onto my
Windows
> > NT4
> > > > based network/domain.
> > > >
> > > > The network is a single domain, and I have had limited success in
> > > > incorporating windows 2000 clients on to it. So far I have one
machine
> > > that
> > > > I can ping from the client to the NT Domain but not from the Domain
to
> > the
> > > > client.
> > > >
> > > > A second machine has been added to the network , but when trying to
> > logon
> > > > and access the network with valid network logon credentials it
reports
> > > that
> > > > it cannot connect.
> > > >
> > > > Can some one please tell me what I need to do to successfully
connect
> > > these
> > > > clients to the network.
> > > >
> > > > The servers are all WINS, I am not using DNS or DHCP, The clients
are
> > all
> > > > running TCP/IP and NetBT
> > > >
> > > > Please help!
> > > >
> > > > Jonathan
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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