Re: Unable to add a Client Computer to Windows Small Business Serv

Yes our network configuration is a bit unusual.:-

Our ISP (TPG) provides us with a range of IP addresses . We have a Cisco
router on one of them and then each machine in the office gets a static IP
address from the router and has a direct connection out to the internet via
the router. This is so we can have our customers call us on PC Anywhere and
we can see their system.

So we now have a new Dell Server which we've stuck on one of these static
IPS and it's running Windows small business server 2003. We're going to use
this to host our email with Exchange Server so we need all the other machines
to be able to connect to it as a client and be part of the domain (I
think??).

It's a small office, as you can probably gather.

I'm definitely no expert when it comes to network setup so any advice would
be appreciated.
--
Tina Byrne
Hospitality Computer Systems (Australia)


"Bill Grant" wrote:

This all sounds a bit worrying. Your server has a public IP address
which connects it to the Internet. Where is the client computer? How is it
connected to this server?

The normal procedure is to run client machines on a private LAN with
private IP addresses. That would require two NICs in the server - one
connecting to the Internet and one connecting to your local LAN. If you are
running SBS it has to be a domain controller in its own domain using its own
DNS. This DNS would normally be for internal use on the private LAN. The
client machines would have private addresses and join the domain by using
the server's private IP address for DNS. If you have promoted it to a DC
when it only had the public NIC active, your AD and DNS setup will be odd.

"Tina Byrne" <TinaByrne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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ipconfig /all shows the following:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Whitey
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet
Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-09-12-EB-5D
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 203.219.212.232
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.240
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 203.219.212.225
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 203.219.212.233

This machine has a static IP address - which we need as our customers
connect directly into it from the outside world. However I want all our
client machines to be able to connect to the new Windows 2003 server in
order
to get email and various other applications. The IP address of the server
(SERVER1) is 203.219.212.233
--
Tina Byrne
Hospitality Computer Systems (Australia)


"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

I would double check the TCP/IP settings or post the result of ipconfig
/all here. This search result nay help,

The list of users and computers could not be found on the server. make
sure that the small business server network adapters are configured
correctly
Symptom: When attempting to join a client to a SBS 2003, you may receive
this error: "The list of users and computers could not be found on the
server. make sure that the small business server network adapters are
configured correctly".
http://chicagotech.net/sbs/sbserror1.htm

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Tina Byrne" <TinaByrne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On our new server I've added a client computer. It then says to go to
the
client machine and type http://server-name/ConnectComputer in a web
browser
to finish the process. From this client machine I can see the server
machine
and I have set the DNS server IP to be the IP address of the new
server.

When I run the above URL in a web browser it asks me to logon to the
server
using a username and password that has permissions to add computers to
the
domain. So I try logging in as the Administrator user from the server.
It
then pops up a box saying "Finding Small Business Server users..."
which
takes forever and then comes up with the following error:-

"The list of users & computers cannot be found. Before you continue,
ensure
that the client computer has a wired network connection...." etc

Any ideas would be really appreciated. I found one possible solution
in the
microsoft knowledge base saying to ensure that the DNS Server of the
client
machine is set to the IP address of the server and that it doesn't have
any
alternate IPs which I've done.
--
Tina Byrne
Hospitality Computer Systems (Australia)



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