how to rescan for domain controller ?

[Pierre]

hi,

I have a laptop which is part of a domain. if I boot the PC at home
with only an Internet access, then open a VPN to my domain (not a MS
VPN, just an IPSec tunnel), the laptop has IP connectivity (ping,
etc.) to the domain controller but continue to think it is booted
outside remotely (eg with no access to domain controller/resource)

is there a way to force it to recheck if it has connectivity to the
domain/domain controller to gain access to domain resource, change
password, etc.

TIA, Pierre.

laptop: WinXP Pro SP2
domain controller : Win2K3 R2

 

[John Wunderlich]

hi,

I have a laptop which is part of a domain. if I boot the PC at home
with only an Internet access, then open a VPN to my domain (not a MS
VPN, just an IPSec tunnel), the laptop has IP connectivity (ping,
etc.) to the domain controller but continue to think it is booted
outside remotely (eg with no access to domain controller/resource)

is there a way to force it to recheck if it has connectivity to the
domain/domain controller to gain access to domain resource, change
password, etc.

TIA, Pierre.

laptop: WinXP Pro SP2
domain controller : Win2K3 R2

No guarantees, but try this:
From a command prompt, enter the command:

browstat getpdc 1 domain
or
browstat status

Where the "1" represents your connection number from the command:
browstat dn

and "domain" is replaced with your domain.

If you don't have the browstat command on your system, you can get
it here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...76-9BB9-4126-9761-BA8011FABF38&displaylang=en

HTH,
John