Win2K DNS setup

[Tom]

I'm trying to setup a third server on our active directory
Win2K network. After installing Win2K OS, the IP address
is 127.0.0.1 but I need it to be something like
192.168.1.50. When I logon to the server I don't get the
domain option. I'm just logging onto the server that is
not part of the network. I've configured (via My
Computer) the server as "newserver.myintranet.net". What
do I need to do now?
Also, for some reason the server starts itself around 7AM
each morning. Why and where to I set to stop this?
TIA!!
Tom

 

[Salt_Peter]

I'm trying to setup a third server on our active directory
Win2K network. After installing Win2K OS, the IP address
is 127.0.0.1 but I need it to be something like
192.168.1.50. When I logon to the server I don't get the
domain option.

So you have a stand-alone workgroup server and you want to join the domain
as a member server? First, log on as local admin and check whether the NIC
and network media is correctly configured (W2K compatible drivers?). Modify
the ip address in LAN connectoid's properties to 192.168.1.50 and specify
the dns server's ip address. W2K uses dns to find anything, including
domains.

I'm just logging onto the server that is
not part of the network. I've configured (via My
Computer) the server as "newserver.myintranet.net". What
do I need to do now?

You'll need the credentials of an account with the right to create a
computer account (SID) on target domain (ex:myinternet's domain admin).
specify a name that is netbios compatible (with no dots: newserver) and use
the same workgroup name as the domain's netbios name (myintranet?). Then
change the server's workgroup to join the myintranet.net domain.

Workgroups are workgroups, they don't support domain dns hierarchy. fully
qualified domain names are reserved for domains. It's the domain that
supplies the host.child.parent.com relationship. While the server is on a
workgroup, it only has a single netbios name.

 

[Tom]

I'm an applications guy, so the term "LAN connectoid" is
foreign to me. I've been in the Network Properties for
TCP/IP and the DNS server is set there as something like
192.168.1.5 (the WINS tab). Can you provide where I need
to be for this?
TIA
Tom

 

[Salt_Peter]

Lan Connectoid is the Network properties for a tcp/ip based LAN connection,
Wins is not a dns server, it's a netbios server. While WINS supports netbios
name resolution, it can't provide dns hierarchical name resolution to access
a domain that relies on dns. So the question is: when you modify the ip
address for this given machine, did you also modify the ip address pointing
to the dns server?

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