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| Vista and Windows 2000 domain controller My client has Vista ultimate. He's running a Windows 2000 Domain controller (that is doing DNS, along w/his router). For the life of me, I cannot get Vista to see or get on that domain - so right now, I'm stuck in a workgroup. I can ping the Windows 2000 computer by IP, but not by name. I can't ping any other computer on the network. Can Vista even get on a Win2000 domain? I'm stuck. Any ideas? Thanks. |
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| Re: Vista and Windows 2000 domain controller Yes, Vista should be able to join the windows 2000 domain. I would check the DNS settings first. Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com "steve02a" <steve02a@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C0BADB1A-80A7-4752-87F0-300F05C38423@microsoft.com... My client has Vista ultimate. He's running a Windows 2000 Domain controller (that is doing DNS, along w/his router). For the life of me, I cannot get Vista to see or get on that domain - so right now, I'm stuck in a workgroup. I can ping the Windows 2000 computer by IP, but not by name. I can't ping any other computer on the network. Can Vista even get on a Win2000 domain? I'm stuck. Any ideas? Thanks. |
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| Re: Vista and Windows 2000 domain controller It's rather interesting. I'll use DHCP to get IP info - and the DHCP comes from the router - thus, my DNS address points t the router. However, if I go in and set the DHCP to static and give it one address for the router, then the 2nd address the domain controller - still can't change to the DC (from a workgroup). What's even stranger - I can ping the domain controller by IP, but not computer name (another DNS issue). "Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote: > Yes, Vista should be able to join the windows 2000 domain. I would check the DNS settings first. > > Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE > Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net > How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com > "steve02a" <steve02a@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C0BADB1A-80A7-4752-87F0-300F05C38423@microsoft.com... > My client has Vista ultimate. He's running a Windows 2000 Domain controller > (that is doing DNS, along w/his router). > > For the life of me, I cannot get Vista to see or get on that domain - so > right now, I'm stuck in a workgroup. I can ping the Windows 2000 computer by > IP, but not by name. I can't ping any other computer on the network. Can > Vista even get on a Win2000 domain? I'm stuck. Any ideas? > > Thanks |
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| Re: Vista and Windows 2000 domain controller steve02a wrote: > It's rather interesting. I'll use DHCP to get IP info - and the DHCP comes > from the router - thus, my DNS address points t the router. However, if I go > in and set the DHCP to static and give it one address for the router, then > the 2nd address the domain controller - still can't change to the DC (from a > workgroup). What's even stranger - I can ping the domain controller by IP, > but not computer name (another DNS issue). Your DNS on a domain member workstation should never point to anything except the server. The server should only look to itself for DNS with forward/reverse lookup zones for the Internet. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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