Re: The interface is unknown.

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That how I started out, by doing dcpromo and joining an existing domain.
What other way did you think I tried? Maybe it will work that way.

"Glenn L" wrote:

> try joining the domain as a member server first.
> does that work?
>
>
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> Glenn L
> CCNA, MCSE 2000/2003 + Security
>
> "Michael" <Michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:8F53C4E1-4A61-4BC7-95D6-D29B999AC263@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > I've recently upgraded my domain from a NT 4.0 to 2003 active directory.
> > This was quite the process but seems, thus far, to have completed
> > successfully. I am now in the process of adding a second domain
> > controler,
> > Windows 2000 Server, but upon trying to do so I get the following error
> > "the
> > interface is unknown".
> >
> > The DCPROMO starts out looking like it's going to work but about two
> > minutes
> > into the process of transforming the Win 2K server into an AD server, as a
> > secondary controller of the existing domain, I get that error. I can see
> > there is communication going on between the two devices 'cause if I put in
> > the wrong password to join the existing domain I immediatly get back a
> > password error.
> >
> > I've read up on the subject and I'm thinking that it might have to do
> > something with DNS but I'm not sure just what it is. I don't have any
> > Reverse Lookup Zones established and even thought AD does not need them,
> > as I
> > have it understood, I've read other things to indicate otherwise. Of
> > course,
> > I really don't know just how I would configure the RLZs.
> >
> > My Win 3K server is 192.168.0.21 and is also the DNS server. The server
> > I'm
> > trying to import is 192.168.0.20 and is currently a stand alone server in
> > a
> > workgroup.
>
>
>
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