Re: Cannot ping DC server

is the firewall enabled?
mixing standard/enterprise editions of windows is fine

"Johnny Rio" <JohnnyRio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have 4 servers all on the same subnet. I have promoted 1 server to be a
> domain controller with AD. All servers are W2003 Servers with SP1 and
> latest
> updates. I am trying to join one of the servers to the domain but receive
> a
> timeout message. When I ping the server I also receive a timeout. But, I
> can ping the other servers and receive replies just fine. So, does
> promoting
> a server as a DC close some network capabilities. My DC is a Windows 2003
> Server (Standard version) whereas my other servers are W2003 Enterprise
> Ed.
> Could this have anything to do with it? The DC came with Standard version
> already installed. I had installed Ent. Ed. on my other servers some time
> ago. I was told the versioning differences shouldn't cause any problems.
>
> (Sorry for the cross posting with DNS group but I would bet I set up DNS
> just fine. It's now another issue).
>
> Thanks,
> Johnny


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