Re: Joining Domain Problem

From: Ice Sickle (fake_at_email.net)
Date: 02/11/04 

Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 04:40:05 GMT

so basically if i would put the second NIC card into the server machine and
made it the gateway computer(Pro machine connected to Server rather than
server connected to pro) the whole setup would work. Am I understanding you
correctly?

Thank you for replying.

"Colin Nash [MVP]" <cnash-REMOVETHIS-@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:OxmdKVF8DHA.2116@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> 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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