i have been trrying to configure my laptop to join a
domain but it keeps on telling me the domain is not
available.. what is the cause of this?

If you are using XP Home, you are out of luck...it will
not connect to a network domain. XP Pro should be able to
connect.

"thony pineda" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:0cd201c381a4$c60e2020$(E-Mail Removed)...
> i have been trrying to configure my laptop to join a
> domain but it keeps on telling me the domain is not
> available.. what is the cause of this?


An inability to find the domain is usually a name
resolution problem.
Fot NT4 domains, that means NetBIOS / WINS.
For win2k / 2k3 that means DNS.

Check:
1) Basic IP functionality:
Ping the server by IP address:
eg: ping 192.168.0.200

2) NetBIOS name resolution:
Ping the server's NetBIOS name:
eg: ping yourserver

3) DNS name resolution:
Ping the server's FQDN:
eg: ping yourserver.yourdomain.com

Then take it from there...


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Best Regards,
Ron Lowe
MS-MVP Windows Networking