Vista - 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.

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.

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

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
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