Re: Joining Domain Problem

From: Colin Nash [MVP] (cnash-REMOVETHIS-_at_mvps.org)
Date: 02/11/04 

Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 23:12:38 -0500

If the Pro machine is getting an IP from the router's DHCP server, it is
probably being passed the DNS settings that come from your ISP. This won't
be able to resolve the address of the domain controller.

Either configure the router to pass the IP address of your Server as the DNS
server, or disable DHCP on the router and install it on the server.

Follow through the steps on that site and completely take your external DNS
out of the picture until the very very end. You will then want your
server to forward any requests outside of your namespace to your ISP's DNS
server.

Of course I've basically just restated what that article says but you didn't
mention having tried any of those steps... ;) 

-- 
Colin Nash
Microsoft MVP
Windows Printing/Imaging/Hardware
"Ice Sickle" <fake@email.net> wrote in message
news:OJhWb.7894$rv1.5376626@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...
> My setup is Windows 2000 Server connected to a machine(crossover cable)
> running Windows 2000 Pro which has 2 NICs one of which is connected to the
> router and then the internet. Pro has dynamic IP and Server has static
> 192.168.0.2 address. I can see my Pro machine from Server and can even
> access it from AD administation snapin. . I can see what disks I have and
so
> on. I can see the domain and ping the server from pro machine as well.
> However when I try to join the domain from Pro machine I get error
described
> here:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/dns/tshoot/dns_tshoot2A.asp
>
> I've uninstalled firewall so that's not an issue.
>
> since I have this somewhat weird setup maybe that's why my pro machine
can't
> connect. I'm thinking that maybe it's trying to lookup the domain through
> the wrong NIC card--the one that is connected to the router instead of the
> one that is connected to the Server machine.
>
>

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