Logging on to WIN2K Domain with Linksys Cable Router

[Ravick]

I currently have 3 machines at work, 1 Dell SC300 PowerEdge running Win2K Advanced Server, and two client machines....one 1 ghz Athlon and the other a 350 Mhz AMD K62.

I can't seem to log any post win98 machines onto the domain that I have setup on the poweredge. The 350 machine is running Win98 and it logs on to the domain without any problem, exchange works and all the drive maps correctly. But when I try to log on with my other machine or with a laptop running win2k or win xp, I can't log on to the doamin whatsoever. For example, when I try to add it to the domain, I get: "The following error occured attempting to join the domain 'mydomain'. Network path was not found." I can ping it and I can open shared folders on the server provided that I give a login and password every time.

What gives? Ideas Anyone? Is it a problem with the Linksys? Why would 98 machines log on fine and the OS not? Please Help....

Thanks.

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AMD Athlon 1 Ghz
FIC Mainboard
256 Mb Dimm
30 Gig WD IDE
Nvidia GeForce 2 MX
3Com NIC
Plextor 8/4/32A
Toshiba 8X Dvd

 

[Poontos]

Try these:

http://www.jsifaq.com/SUBE/tip2200/rh2271.htm

http://groups.google.ca/groups?q=The%20following%20error%20occurred%20attempting%20to%20join%20the%20domain&hl=en&sa=N&tab=wg

 

[Ravick]

Thanks for the help!

...but I checked the server but it already has File and Printer sharing enabled. My uer ID has all domain admin rights so I don't think credential is the issue....and also because I logon correctly on Win 98.

Any other ideas? I ran out of ideas weeks ago...

Thanks so much guys and gals.

 

[Saltin]

Your DNS is improperly set up.
Open the DNS snap in on your Server, and tell me what you have as far as forward lookup zones are concerned.
Most importantly, under the forward lookup zone "mydomain" do you see four folders prefixed with underscores?
Eg: _upd would be one of the four.

 

[Ravick]

My forward lookup zones has only one thing and that's "mysever.mydomain.com" and when selected the right hand side has two things only:


[text file icon] (same as parent folder) Start of Authority [2], myserver.mydomain., administrator.mydomain.
[text file icon] (same as parent folder) Name Server myserver.mydomain.


I don't see the folders that you're describing.....

?

Thanks

 

[Saltin]

Then your DNS is not properly configured. This is a common problem people have with 2k.

1) Make sure the name of your forward lookup zone matches EXACTLY with the name of your Active Directory tree in "Active Directory Users and Computers" snap in.

2) Make sure your Domain Controller is set to use itself as a DNS server.

3) Right click the DNS server object in the DNS snap in and select properties and then the "Forwarders" tab.
Enter in the IP of one of your ISP's DNS servers, and click add.

4) Right click your forward lookup zone and select properties. On the first tab, ensure that the dynamic updates option is set to anything except for "no"

5) on the Domain Controller, under the tcp/ip properties sheet, advanced button, DNS tab, ensure the suffix of your domain is entered into the "DNS suffix for this connection" and that the "register this connection in DNS" box is checked.

6) Bring up the command line and enter ipconfig /registerdns on the DC. You may also want to reboot at this point to speed the process.

7) If you don't have any other problems, you should see four folders appear underneath your forward lookup zone. These folders contain the records (LDAP and Kerberos) that clients on the domain look for when they attempt to logon/authenticate.

Note: make sure your clients are all using the DC as your DNS server. Also, you may see a forward lookupzone named "." You will want to erase this, as you cannot configure a forwarder untill you do.
Also, your forward lookup zone should not be named "myserver.mydomain.com" It should be named "mydomain.com"
You may have issues with the .com as well. Most private Domains in 2k should have a .local suffix, to ease confusion.

Good Luck