RE:Trouble adding clients. "list of users/computers could not be foun

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From: WK (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/09/04 

Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 09:04:28 -0700

Hi,
The new computers cannot resolve the domain name from the
dns servers they are being told to use as the dns servers
have no record of your domain plus .local is not an
intenet dns resolvable domain. I have no idea why the
other computers are able to resolve properly, some
anomaly during the intial setup probably.
The problem stems from the use of your router as DHCP
server. All the documentation warns against doing this.
This is what I would do.
1 Turn off DHCP on the router.
2 Change the server to static IP Address

>IP Address: 192.168.0.7
>Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
>Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1
>DNS Servers: 192.168.0.7
>Primary WINS Server: 192.168.0.7

3 Make sure DHCP is installed and running set to server ip
4 Make sure DNS is installed and running set to server ip
5 Change WINS to 192.168.0.7
6 Run the CEICW wizard and enter the 199.45.32.43 and
199.45.32.38 as forwarders.
7 Do ipconfig /release, ipconfig /renew on one of the new
computers and see if it is the same as this.
>SETTINGS FOR THE PROBLEM COMPUTER:
>
>Primary DNS Suffix: domainname.local
>Node Type: Hybrid
>IP Routing Enabled: No
>WINS Proxy Enabled: No
>DNS Suffix Search List: domainname.local
>
>DHCP Enabled: Yes
>Autoconfiguration Enabled: yes
>IP Address: 192.168.0.9
>Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
>Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1
>DHCP Server: 192.168.0.7
>DNS Servers: 192.168.0.7
>Primary WINS Server: 192.168.0.7

HTH

>-----Original Message-----
>On the server, I used the wizard to set up 2 new users
and computers.
>When running ConnectComputer from the browser I get the
following message:
>?oThe list of users and computers could not be found on
the server. Make sure
>that the Small Business Server network adapters are
configured correctly?.
>
>On the 2 new computers, I can ping the server, and can
see the other
>computers (shared folders) on the network, but cannot
see the server.
>
>I have a small shop with 7 computers. When I initially
setup the network, I
>installed the first 5 computers with no problem
(ConnectComputer worked fine)
> Can access other computers, server, and Internet. That
was 5 months ago.
>
>My setup: SBS with a single NIC, Router, DSL modem, 5
(soon to be 7)
>computers connected. The IPCONFIG settings for the
Server, one of the
>Problem Computers, and a Computer that is working fine
is below.
>
>(I?Tve read that it might be a DNS or DHCP issue. If
so, why do the current
>5 computers have no problem accessing the server? Only
the new ones that I
>am trying to connect. )
>
>SETTINGS FOR THE Small Business Server 2003:
>
>Primary DNS Suffix: domainname.local
>Node Type: Unknown
>IP Routing Enabled: Yes
>WINS Proxy Enabled: Yes
>DNS Suffix Search List: domainname.local
>
>DHCP Enabled: Yes
>Autoconfiguration Enabled: yes
>IP Address: 192.168.0.7
>Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
>Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1
>DHCP Server: 192.168.0.1
>DNS Servers: 199.45.32.43 and 199.45.32.38
>Primary WINS Server: 192.168.16.2
>
>SETTINGS FOR THE PROBLEM COMPUTER:
>
>Primary DNS Suffix: (blank)
>Node Type: Hybrid
>IP Routing Enabled: No
>WINS Proxy Enabled: NO
>
>DHCP Enabled: Yes
>Autoconfiguration Enabled: yes
>IP Address: 192.168.0.9
>Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
>Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1
>DHCP Server: 192.168.0.1
>DNS Servers: 199.45.32.43 and 199.45.32.38
>
>SETTINGS FOR THE COMPUTER THAT WORKS FINE:
>
>Primary DNS Suffix: domainname.local
>Node Type: Hybrid
>IP Routing Enabled: No
>WINS Proxy Enabled: NO
>DNS Suffix search list: domainname.local
>
>DHCP Enabled: Yes
>Autoconfiguration Enabled: yes
>IP Address: 192.168.0.4
>Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
>Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1
>DHCP Server: 192.168.0.1
>DNS Servers: 199.45.32.43 and 199.45.32.38
>
>
>.
>

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