Can't find win2k server from NT4 workstation

[Jerry Paquette]

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?

 

[Phillip Windell]

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

 

[Doug Sherman [MVP]]

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

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314108

Note DOMAIN_NAME = the NetBIOS domain name.

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

 

[Jerry Paquette]

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

 

[Jerry Paquette]

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]

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.

 

[wanderer]

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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wandere