CoolerThanYou said:
Ok, I hope some of the guys I was talking about this with a little over a
week ago are still around. I was talking about switching the network here
from workgroup to a domain. Anyways, I've set up a test server and
workstation(running xp pro), I created a domain, both machines can ping
each
other and share files, on the workstation I entered in the domain's ip for
its dns server, but when I go to join the domain I get the message "A
domain
controller for the domain allpriser.test could not be contacted. Ensure
that
the domain name is typed correctly." What am I missing here?
Almost certainly DNS.
You need to ensure the DNS zones for the domain are set for Dynamic Update,
and contain the domain's records.
On the domain controller, run DCDIAG.
I'll bet it will throw a wobbly about being unable to find anything.
Now go to a client.
Do an ipconfig /all and see what DNS servers are listed.
It should only be the internal DNS servers which host the
domain's records, not an external ISP's DNS server.
Then test the DNS lookup like this:
Go to a command prompt.
Type "nslookup".
Then type "set type=all"
Then type "_ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.domainname
(where domainname is the name of your domain).
Nslookup returns one or more SRV service location records in the following
format:
hostname.domainname internet address = ipaddress
where 'hostname' is the host name of a domain controller, 'domainname' is
the
domain to which the domain controller belongs, and ipaddress is the domain
controller's Internet Protocol (IP) address.
Then 'exit' will quit you out of nslookup.
Here's a screen-dump of me doing this on an XP machine joined to my domain,
"homenet.local.":
C:\Documents and Settings\Ron.HOMENET>nslookup
Default Server: homenetdc01.homenet.local <--- check this
Address: 81.187.191.78 <--- check this
( Check that the IP address of the DNS server being queried is correct.
You may get a warning if it can't reverse lookup the name of the default
server, this is sloppy but non-fatal. )
set type=all
_ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.homenet.local.
Server: homenetdc01.homenet.local
Address: 81.187.191.78
_ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.homenet.local SRV service location:
priority = 0
weight = 100
port = 389
svr hostname = homenetdc01.homenet.local
homenetdc01.homenet.local internet address = 81.187.191.78
Do you get the same?