when trying to join the server to a domain but I get an error stating that " error occured trying to validate the domain name, this condition may be caused by a DNS lookup problem"
pls help me

thanks

Have you checked your DNS settings? Can you ping the NetBIOS name of the DC
and get the full name (server.domain.whatever) in reply?
All servers and workstations should specify *only* the internal
AD-integrated DNS server's IP address in their network settings. The
AD-integrated DNS server should be set up with forwarders to your ISP's DNS
servers for external resolution. See
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;300202 for more
info.


thobile wrote:
> when trying to join the server to a domain but I get an error stating
> that " error occured trying to validate the domain name, this
> condition may be caused by a DNS lookup problem". pls help me
>
> thanks