Do I need to configure look up zones? The clients have only the ip address of
the server in the dns. the server has itself as the dns. The gateway and
clients have the gateway set to the router ip.

"Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]" wrote:

> tallen wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am in need of some . I have a small network at home that
> > consists of the following:
> >
> > 2003 Standard server running AD
> > 2 laptops with wireless
> > Lynksys wireless router
> > Cable modem from ISP.
> >
> > I cannot get the pc's to join the domain. I have tried setting them to
> > static IP addys and letting them grab one from the router. Still no
> > luck. I have dns on the server and the server can get out to the net.
> > As well as the pc's..but when I try to join the pc's to the domain I
> > cannot. When I do nslookup from the pc's it cannot find the server
> > name. When I run nslookup from the server it also says "unknown
> > server name" But yet I can ping the server name from the pc's and it
> > does resolve the ip. I have also tried to create a forward lookup
> > zone with no luck. I am kind of new at this so I am sure I am missing
> > something . Any would be greatly appreciated!
>
> If the nsllokup message is "...Can't find server name for address
> <IPAddressof DNS> that is a moot error, it means nslookup cannot find a PTR
> for the DNS server's IP address. A reverse lookup zone and PTR for the IP
> will make that message go away.
>
> The fact that you cannot join the domain tells me one of a couple of things
> could be wrong.
> Does the Domain Controller use only its own address for DNS? If no, remove
> any external DNS server IPs and restart the netlogon service, and in a cmd
> prompt run ipconfig /flushdns & ipconfig /registerdns
>
> Are all clients using the domain controller's IP address for DNS? If no
> remove all external DNS IPs and enter only the DCs IP address for DNS, and
> from a cmd prompt run ipconfig /flushdns and try joining the domain again.
>
> Is the Active Directory domain name a valid DNS name, i.e. domain.com and
> not just domain?
> If the domain's name is a single-label name see this article: 300684 -
> Information About Configuring Windows 2000 for Domains with Single-Label DNS
> Names
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...300684&sd=RMVP
>
>
> 825036 - Best practices for DNS client settings in Windows 2000 Server and
> in Windows Server 2003
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...825036&sd=RMVP
>
> 323380 - HOW TO: Configure DNS for Internet Access in Windows Server 2003
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...323380&sd=RMVP
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
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