Client Can't Join Domain

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Hi all,

At present I am having problems joining a fifth Win2k Pro Client to the
Domain. At each attempt at joining the domain I am met with the following
message.



"The following error occurred when attempting to join "domain name". "The
network path was not found"



Also it can take current users from 10 to 20 minutes to logon and if they
try to change there own password, the error message below is displayed.



"The network path was not found"





If I log on locally I can see the network via network neighbourhood, and the
other four clients can log on so there is no physical problem.



Can anyone offer any advice?



Thanks





Current Set Up





2 Servers



Server 1 (Domain Controller)

-------------------------------------------------------------





Windows 2000 Advance Server

Active Directory

DNS Server

DHCP Server Issuing the following

Scope 10.1.1.1 to 10.1.1.200, Subnet 255.255.255.0

Default gateway 10.1.1.200

DNS Server 10.1.1.254



1 x Nic - Static

IP Address 10.1.1.254 Subnet 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway 10.1.1.200



Log on





Server 2 (Internet Gateway)

-------------------------------------------------------------



Windows 2000 Advance Server

2 x Nics

Nic 1 IP/Subnet/Gateway all assigned by ISP



Nic 2 (Assigned by Server 1)

IP Address 10.1.1.200 Subnet
255.255.255.0

Default gateway 10.1.1.254

DNS Server 10.1.1.254







4 Clients

-------------------------------------------------------------



Windows 2000 Pro

Nic (Assigned by Server 1)

IP Address 10.1.1.(1 - 20) Subnet 255.255.255.0

Default gateway 10.1.1.200

DNS Server 10.1.1.254







Fifth Client

-------------------------------------------------------------



Windows 2000 Pro

Nic (Assigned by Server 1)

IP Address 10.1.1.(1 - 20) Subnet 255.255.255.0

Default gateway 10.1.1.200

DNS Server 10.1.1.254



Thanks in advance for all your help



Paul.
 
R

Richard G. Harper

Sounds to me like a DNS problem. If DNS is not correctly configured and
functioning on an Active Directory domain you'll get these kinds of issues.
Check the client PCs to make sure they're pointing to the AD DNS server for
name resolution and make sure you have a properly-functioning DNS server
running an Active Directory-integrated zone.
 
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Thanks Richard, but IPconfig/all shows that all clients are pointing to
10.1.1.254 the DNS Server, And the event viewer on the server say DNS server
has started.

I had a feeling it might be DNS related but I'm not sure what to do next.
Any suggestions?


Richard G. Harper said:
Sounds to me like a DNS problem. If DNS is not correctly configured and
functioning on an Active Directory domain you'll get these kinds of issues.
Check the client PCs to make sure they're pointing to the AD DNS server for
name resolution and make sure you have a properly-functioning DNS server
running an Active Directory-integrated zone.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] (e-mail address removed)
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


[email protected] said:
Hi all,

At present I am having problems joining a fifth Win2k Pro Client to the
Domain. At each attempt at joining the domain I am met with the following
message.



"The following error occurred when attempting to join "domain name". "The
network path was not found"



Also it can take current users from 10 to 20 minutes to logon and if they
try to change there own password, the error message below is displayed.



"The network path was not found"





If I log on locally I can see the network via network neighbourhood, and
the
other four clients can log on so there is no physical problem.



Can anyone offer any advice?



Thanks





Current Set Up





2 Servers



Server 1 (Domain Controller)

-------------------------------------------------------------





Windows 2000 Advance Server

Active Directory

DNS Server

DHCP Server Issuing the following

Scope 10.1.1.1 to 10.1.1.200, Subnet 255.255.255.0

Default gateway 10.1.1.200

DNS Server 10.1.1.254



1 x Nic - Static

IP Address 10.1.1.254 Subnet 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway 10.1.1.200



Log on





Server 2 (Internet Gateway)

-------------------------------------------------------------



Windows 2000 Advance Server

2 x Nics

Nic 1 IP/Subnet/Gateway all assigned by ISP



Nic 2 (Assigned by Server 1)

IP Address 10.1.1.200 Subnet
255.255.255.0

Default gateway 10.1.1.254

DNS Server 10.1.1.254







4 Clients

-------------------------------------------------------------



Windows 2000 Pro

Nic (Assigned by Server 1)

IP Address 10.1.1.(1 - 20) Subnet
255.255.255.0

Default gateway 10.1.1.200

DNS Server 10.1.1.254







Fifth Client

-------------------------------------------------------------



Windows 2000 Pro

Nic (Assigned by Server 1)

IP Address 10.1.1.(1 - 20) Subnet
255.255.255.0

Default gateway 10.1.1.200

DNS Server 10.1.1.254



Thanks in advance for all your help



Paul.
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R

Richard G. Harper

Are they pointing to it as their primary DNS server?

How does DNS itself look? Does it appear to be getting updates and client
records from Active Directory like it should?

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] (e-mail address removed)
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


[email protected] said:
Thanks Richard, but IPconfig/all shows that all clients are pointing to
10.1.1.254 the DNS Server, And the event viewer on the server say DNS
server
has started.

I had a feeling it might be DNS related but I'm not sure what to do next.
Any suggestions?


Richard G. Harper said:
Sounds to me like a DNS problem. If DNS is not correctly configured and
functioning on an Active Directory domain you'll get these kinds of issues.
Check the client PCs to make sure they're pointing to the AD DNS server for
name resolution and make sure you have a properly-functioning DNS server
running an Active Directory-integrated zone.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] (e-mail address removed)
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


[email protected] said:
Hi all,

At present I am having problems joining a fifth Win2k Pro Client to the
Domain. At each attempt at joining the domain I am met with the following
message.



"The following error occurred when attempting to join "domain name". "The
network path was not found"



Also it can take current users from 10 to 20 minutes to logon and if they
try to change there own password, the error message below is displayed.



"The network path was not found"





If I log on locally I can see the network via network neighbourhood,
and
the
other four clients can log on so there is no physical problem.



Can anyone offer any advice?



Thanks





Current Set Up





2 Servers



Server 1 (Domain Controller)

-------------------------------------------------------------





Windows 2000 Advance Server

Active Directory

DNS Server

DHCP Server Issuing the following

Scope 10.1.1.1 to 10.1.1.200, Subnet 255.255.255.0

Default gateway 10.1.1.200

DNS Server 10.1.1.254



1 x Nic - Static

IP Address 10.1.1.254 Subnet 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway 10.1.1.200



Log on





Server 2 (Internet Gateway)

-------------------------------------------------------------



Windows 2000 Advance Server

2 x Nics

Nic 1 IP/Subnet/Gateway all assigned by ISP



Nic 2 (Assigned by Server 1)

IP Address 10.1.1.200 Subnet
255.255.255.0

Default gateway 10.1.1.254

DNS Server 10.1.1.254







4 Clients

-------------------------------------------------------------



Windows 2000 Pro

Nic (Assigned by Server 1)

IP Address 10.1.1.(1 - 20) Subnet
255.255.255.0

Default gateway 10.1.1.200

DNS Server 10.1.1.254







Fifth Client

-------------------------------------------------------------



Windows 2000 Pro

Nic (Assigned by Server 1)

IP Address 10.1.1.(1 - 20) Subnet
255.255.255.0

Default gateway 10.1.1.200

DNS Server 10.1.1.254



Thanks in advance for all your help



Paul.
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Thanks Richard

On further investigation I have
realised that one of my main problems is that I have
a single label domain "companyname" with no .local. My forward lookup zones
where completely empty. no domain name or _msdcs.

I also had LMHost ticked under IP/Win Property's

Is there anyway to change this to a Company.Local without losing client
account info on the domain Controller?

Thanks for your help

Paul





Richard G. Harper said:
Are they pointing to it as their primary DNS server?

How does DNS itself look? Does it appear to be getting updates and client
records from Active Directory like it should?

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] (e-mail address removed)
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


[email protected] said:
Thanks Richard, but IPconfig/all shows that all clients are pointing to
10.1.1.254 the DNS Server, And the event viewer on the server say DNS
server
has started.

I had a feeling it might be DNS related but I'm not sure what to do next.
Any suggestions?


Richard G. Harper said:
Sounds to me like a DNS problem. If DNS is not correctly configured and
functioning on an Active Directory domain you'll get these kinds of issues.
Check the client PCs to make sure they're pointing to the AD DNS server for
name resolution and make sure you have a properly-functioning DNS server
running an Active Directory-integrated zone.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] (e-mail address removed)
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


Hi all,

At present I am having problems joining a fifth Win2k Pro Client to the
Domain. At each attempt at joining the domain I am met with the following
message.



"The following error occurred when attempting to join "domain name". "The
network path was not found"



Also it can take current users from 10 to 20 minutes to logon and if they
try to change there own password, the error message below is displayed.



"The network path was not found"





If I log on locally I can see the network via network neighbourhood,
and
the
other four clients can log on so there is no physical problem.



Can anyone offer any advice?



Thanks





Current Set Up





2 Servers



Server 1 (Domain Controller)

-------------------------------------------------------------





Windows 2000 Advance Server

Active Directory

DNS Server

DHCP Server Issuing the following

Scope 10.1.1.1 to 10.1.1.200, Subnet 255.255.255.0

Default gateway 10.1.1.200

DNS Server 10.1.1.254



1 x Nic - Static

IP Address 10.1.1.254 Subnet 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway 10.1.1.200



Log on





Server 2 (Internet Gateway)

-------------------------------------------------------------



Windows 2000 Advance Server

2 x Nics

Nic 1 IP/Subnet/Gateway all assigned by ISP



Nic 2 (Assigned by Server 1)

IP Address 10.1.1.200 Subnet
255.255.255.0

Default gateway 10.1.1.254

DNS Server 10.1.1.254







4 Clients

-------------------------------------------------------------



Windows 2000 Pro

Nic (Assigned by Server 1)

IP Address 10.1.1.(1 - 20) Subnet
255.255.255.0

Default gateway 10.1.1.200

DNS Server 10.1.1.254







Fifth Client

-------------------------------------------------------------



Windows 2000 Pro

Nic (Assigned by Server 1)

IP Address 10.1.1.(1 - 20) Subnet
255.255.255.0

Default gateway 10.1.1.200

DNS Server 10.1.1.254



Thanks in advance for all your help



Paul.
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R

Richard G. Harper

I'm going to defer part of this answer to some of the more experienced
domain guys hereabouts, because I don't know of any way to rename a domain
once it's been created. I know for a fact that if you create a new domain
and merge your old users and computers onto it your users will be
disassociated from their old profiles both on the servers and on the client
PCs.

You might want to try deleting your current forward lookup zone(s) and
creating a new one integrated with Active Directory to see if that will help
with the DNS issues.

One other thing that may help is running through the DNS Server Setup Wizard
once without creating any new zones. On occasion I've seen a DNS server
that looks fine except that when you first open the management console you
see the new DNS server dialog instead of a list of zones. Running through
the wizard without creating anything has kick-started them and gotten them
online properly.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] (e-mail address removed)
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


[email protected] said:
Thanks Richard

On further investigation I have
realised that one of my main problems is that I have
a single label domain "companyname" with no .local. My forward lookup
zones
where completely empty. no domain name or _msdcs.

I also had LMHost ticked under IP/Win Property's

Is there anyway to change this to a Company.Local without losing client
account info on the domain Controller?

Thanks for your help

Paul





Richard G. Harper said:
Are they pointing to it as their primary DNS server?

How does DNS itself look? Does it appear to be getting updates and
client
records from Active Directory like it should?

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] (e-mail address removed)
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


[email protected] said:
Thanks Richard, but IPconfig/all shows that all clients are pointing to
10.1.1.254 the DNS Server, And the event viewer on the server say DNS
server
has started.

I had a feeling it might be DNS related but I'm not sure what to do next.
Any suggestions?


Sounds to me like a DNS problem. If DNS is not correctly configured and
functioning on an Active Directory domain you'll get these kinds of
issues.
Check the client PCs to make sure they're pointing to the AD DNS
server
for
name resolution and make sure you have a properly-functioning DNS server
running an Active Directory-integrated zone.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] (e-mail address removed)
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


Hi all,

At present I am having problems joining a fifth Win2k Pro Client to the
Domain. At each attempt at joining the domain I am met with the
following
message.



"The following error occurred when attempting to join "domain name".
"The
network path was not found"



Also it can take current users from 10 to 20 minutes to logon and if
they
try to change there own password, the error message below is displayed.



"The network path was not found"





If I log on locally I can see the network via network neighbourhood,
and
the
other four clients can log on so there is no physical problem.



Can anyone offer any advice?



Thanks





Current Set Up





2 Servers



Server 1 (Domain Controller)

-------------------------------------------------------------





Windows 2000 Advance Server

Active Directory

DNS Server

DHCP Server Issuing the following

Scope 10.1.1.1 to 10.1.1.200, Subnet 255.255.255.0

Default gateway 10.1.1.200

DNS Server 10.1.1.254



1 x Nic - Static

IP Address 10.1.1.254 Subnet 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway 10.1.1.200



Log on





Server 2 (Internet Gateway)

-------------------------------------------------------------



Windows 2000 Advance Server

2 x Nics

Nic 1 IP/Subnet/Gateway all assigned by ISP



Nic 2 (Assigned by Server 1)

IP Address 10.1.1.200 Subnet
255.255.255.0

Default gateway 10.1.1.254

DNS Server 10.1.1.254







4 Clients

-------------------------------------------------------------



Windows 2000 Pro

Nic (Assigned by Server 1)

IP Address 10.1.1.(1 - 20) Subnet
255.255.255.0

Default gateway 10.1.1.200

DNS Server 10.1.1.254







Fifth Client

-------------------------------------------------------------



Windows 2000 Pro

Nic (Assigned by Server 1)

IP Address 10.1.1.(1 - 20) Subnet
255.255.255.0

Default gateway 10.1.1.200

DNS Server 10.1.1.254



Thanks in advance for all your help



Paul.
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