Kerry,
I don't dispute what you are saying about WINS/NetBIOS with Exchange and the
domain join problem, but I have NEVER experienced this with WinXPSP1 or
SP2...so what has MS done which apparently requires NetBIOS in VISTA, and
more importantly, why???
--
JCB\1059
"Kerry Brown" wrote:
> I don't know why this is but I've run into the problem even without using a
> VPN. I recommend you setup a WINS server and enable NETBIOS. Many things
> will work better, Exchange and joining the domain are two. Enabling WINS
> uses very little resources and it cuts down on broadcast traffic. Despite
> the "best practice" of disabling NETBIOS things just work better when it is
> enabled.
>
> --
> Kerry Brown
> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
> http://www.vistahelp.ca
>
>
> "JCB" <JCB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:19075B24-306F-48D0-9B74-44746D5315DE@microsoft.com...
> > THEY'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING!
> >
> > Kerry, because everything else I tried failed, I ended up enabling NetBIOS
> > over TCP/IP on the adapters for both the DC and the machine I was
> > attempting
> > to join to the domain. The domian join was immediately successful AND UNC
> > paths could be reached. Once joined, I disabled NETBT and the UNC paths
> > were
> > once again unreachable!
> >
> > Why is it that MS has encouraged removing WINS/NetBIOS from our domain,
> > and
> > now with the "latest and greatest" (sic) VISTA, it is again required!!!???
> >
> > Give me a friggin' break!
> >
> > Nevertheless, thank you for your suggestion to look at enabling NetBIOS on
> > my NICS so that I could join the domain; problem solved.
> >
> > J
> > --
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Do you have a WINS server in the domain? Is the VPN connection set to use
> >> a
> >> DC on the domain for DNS and to use the WINS server for the domain? Is
> >> NETBIOS enabled on the VPN connection? When trying to join the domain are
> >> you using the NETBIOS name of the domain or the full name?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Kerry Brown
> >> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
> >> http://www.vistahelp.ca
> >>
> >>
>
>