Re: Cannot find web server from DC

From: Edwin (edkwchan_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/09/04 

Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 10:45:54 +0800

Dan
I already have wins installed. Finally I add an entry in the lmhosts file
and it worked.

Thanks
Edwin

"Dan DeStefano" <augur5ATyahooDOTcom> wrote in message
news:%23A2IavTTEHA.3140@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> o, so you cannot browse the web server's shares through network
> neighborhood, right? do you have wins installed on the network? are both
> machines configured as wins clients? getting cross-subnet browsing to work
> reliably without wins can be an excercise in futility. i recommend
> installing a wins server on your network (though try to avoid installing
> wins on a rras server) and configuring all clients/servers to use it.
unless
> you are going to disable netbios over tcp/ip on your network, it is
strongly
> recommended that you deploy wins.
>
> Dan
>
> "Edwin" <edkwchan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eMc$q0STEHA.2716@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Hi Dan
> > Thank you for your reply.
> > I can ping the IP of the web server. I can open the web page using the
> full
> > url from the PDC. What I can't is to browse the server in windows
> explorer.
> > The PDC is running dns. I do not have other machines inside DMZ. The
> > lmhost file in the PDC is not modified.
> > Any idea on what is happening?
> >
> > Edwin
> >
> >
> > "Dan DeStefano" <augur5ATyahooDOTcom> wrote in message
> > news:uWmqtqSTEHA.3944@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > remember that in ad there is no longer a pdc/bdc dynamic, all domain
> > > controllers are peers. the closest thing in ad are the fsmo roles, but
> > they
> > > can be transferred to other dc's.
> > > as far as your problem, can you access the web server by its ip
address?
> > is
> > > the dc multihommed? is it running dns? have you modified the hosts
file?
> > do
> > > you have trouble accessing other web sites? trouble accessing other
dmz
> > > machines?
> > >
> > > Dan
> > >
> > > "Edwin" <edkwchan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:O2o80ESTEHA.2716@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > > > Hi
> > > > I have a PDC running W2000 and a web server running W2k3. The web
> > server
> > > > locates in the DMZ whereas the PDC is behind the firewall. When I
> tried
> > > to
> > > > search the web server from my PDC, it failed but it can find all
other
> > PCs
> > > > in the domain. The strange thing is that I can find the web server
> from
> > > any
> > > > other PCs in the domain, including the secondary DC, but just not
from
> > the
> > > > PDC. The web server can also find the PDC. We have checked the
> > firewall
> > > > and we have not particulary blocked any ports from the PDC to the
web
> > > > server.
> > > > What would be the possible reasons?
> > > >
> > > > Edwin
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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