I've tried several times to make an NT4 (sp6) workstation a member of my
domain (a sub-domain of a large university domain). Dial-up login
through the modem pool from XP systems works fine. When I attempt to
join the NT4 legacy machine to the domain, however, I get a
can't-find-domain-controller error.

How can I correct this?

You need a WINS Server and both the DC and the NT machine need to use it.

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Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com

"Jerry Paquette" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I've tried several times to make an NT4 (sp6) workstation a member of my
> domain (a sub-domain of a large university domain). Dial-up login
> through the modem pool from XP systems works fine. When I attempt to
> join the NT4 legacy machine to the domain, however, I get a
> can't-find-domain-controller error.
>
> How can I correct this?

If you only need to do this for one NT machine, try an lmhosts file. See:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314108

Note DOMAIN_NAME = the NetBIOS domain name.

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

"Jerry Paquette" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I've tried several times to make an NT4 (sp6) workstation a member of my
> domain (a sub-domain of a large university domain). Dial-up login
> through the modem pool from XP systems works fine. When I attempt to
> join the NT4 legacy machine to the domain, however, I get a
> can't-find-domain-controller error.
>
> How can I correct this?

I have an lmhost file on the machine and it will ping to the server by
the machine name of the server.

Doug Sherman [MVP] wrote:

> If you only need to do this for one NT machine, try an lmhosts file. See:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314108
>
> Note DOMAIN_NAME = the NetBIOS domain name.
>
> Doug Sherman
> MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP
>
> "Jerry Paquette" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>I've tried several times to make an NT4 (sp6) workstation a member of my
>>domain (a sub-domain of a large university domain). Dial-up login
>>through the modem pool from XP systems works fine. When I attempt to
>>join the NT4 legacy machine to the domain, however, I get a
>>can't-find-domain-controller error.
>>
>>How can I correct this?
>
>
>

I run a WINS server and my DC is a member. I put the WINS address in
the TCP/IP dial-up networking connectoid to the modem pool on the NT
machine.

No luck though--still the same can't-find-domain-controller error!

Phillip Windell wrote:

> You need a WINS Server and both the DC and the NT machine need to use it.
>

"Jerry Paquette" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> I run a WINS server and my DC is a member. I put the WINS address in
> the TCP/IP dial-up networking connectoid to the modem pool on the NT
> machine.
>
> No luck though--still the same can't-find-domain-controller error!

Let's say you finally get it "joined",....then...how will you ever log it
into the domain over a dialup since you have to already be logged in before
you can activate the Dialup to begin with? Win2000 and XP have the ability
at the Crtl-Alt-Del prompt,...I don't think NT4 does.

If you are using Dialup, then leave it a Workgroup machine, make the
workgroup name the same as the domain name, create a user account on the
machine that is identical to the account you use on the Domain and be done
with it.

--

Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com

Dialin server has granted rights to the nt machine and user account t
dial in?

The dialin server is also the Domain Controller?
Is it also running DNS server?
Is DNS referancing Wins?
Nt machine account exists on the Dialin server


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