Problems with shared resources using Windows 2000 Advanced Server

[atdemarco]

I built a file server for an office, and installed Windows 2000
Advanced Server. I've set it up for DHCP, DNS, and Active Directory.
Unfortunately, when I test things by logging on to the clients as
different users, none of them have their home directories mapped. I
used the user properties to set it up as '\\srv2000a\e$\<username>'.
It has created those folders on the E: drive, but none of them are
getting mapped. Can I get some help with letting the users store files
on the file server?

Also, despite what appears to be a proper setup as far as DHCP and DNS
go, none of the networked computers can access the internet. They can
all 'see' the router, or at least can ping it successfully. They were
all capable of accessing the internet before, when the router was
selected as their DNS server. Will I need to reset the router settings
to allow the server to handle the DNS?

 

[Doug Sherman [MVP]]

Assuming that e$ is the administrative share for the server's E: drive,
users need administrator's rights to be able to access it. As far as
Internet access is concerned, you need to determine whether this is a
routing or just a DNS issue. If users can ping 4.2.2.1 but not google.com,
the issue is DNS. On your AD DNS server configure Forwarders to your ISP's
DNS server:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300202/en-us

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP