Jim
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Thu Jan 20, 2005 4:47 am Post subject:
Configuring Active Directory & DNS |
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Ok, I installed Windows Server 2003 Standard, activated Windows, no problems
there. Configured printer, and setup the PrintServer, no problems there.
Here is my problem, where I need some guidance:
I have 4 computers, all with Windows XP Professional, and my 1 computer with
Windows Server 2003. I want to setup many user accounts (about 35), and have
the 4 computers linked to login from the accounts made on the server. By
reading up, and trying my best, I figured that it is Active Directory that I
want, so I start the setup wizard for Active Directory. It then says it
needs DNS, so I let it automatically setup DNS. This may be where I am going
wrong.
"Note: This information is intended for a network administrator. If you are
not your network's administrator, notify the administrator that you received
this information, which has been recorded in the file
C:\WINDOWS\debug\dcdiag.txt.
The following error occurred when DNS was queried for the service location
(SRV) resource record used to locate a domain controller for domain
cadet-server.acad.umass.edu:
The error was: "DNS name does not exist."
(error code 0x0000232B RCODE_NAME_ERROR)
The query was for the SRV record for
_ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.cadet-server.acad.umass.edu
Common causes of this error include the following:
- The DNS SRV record is not registered in DNS.
- One or more of the following zones do not include delegation to its child
zone:
cadet-server.acad.umass.edu
acad.umass.edu
umass.edu
edu
.. (the root zone)
For information about correcting this problem, click Help."
The network I have: Each computer gets an IP through the university DHCP
server. The computer with Server installed has a static IP, setup by the IT
department.
What do I use for my DNS - I assume I use the university DNS servers so I
can go online. They gave me a host, which is cadet-server.acad.umass.edu.
When I go to my Windows XP machine, and go to my computer, and click on join
a domain, and type that in, it says it cannot connect to the domain.
Any help would be appreciated, and if you need to know any settings that I
have, let me know and I will tell you. Any help is most appreciated, I have
been searching the web for hours to find a solution, but with no luck. I
hope using Windows Server wasn't a mistake...
Thanks in advance,
Jim |
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Tomasz Onyszko [MVP]
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Thu Jan 20, 2005 5:16 am Post subject:
Re: Configuring Active Directory & DNS |
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Jim wrote:
| Quote: | Ok, I installed Windows Server 2003 Standard, activated Windows, no problems
there. Configured printer, and setup the PrintServer, no problems there.
Here is my problem, where I need some guidance:
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| Quote: | Any help would be appreciated, and if you need to know any settings that I
have, let me know and I will tell you. Any help is most appreciated, I have
been searching the web for hours to find a solution, but with no luck. I
hope using Windows Server wasn't a mistake...
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Strting from the beginning - AD is directory services in which name
resolution is based on DNS namespace, so If You want to establish a AD
dmoain You have to have DNS server which will host this domain DNS data.
DNS is vital service for AD.
When You are using dcpromo to promote domain controller (and install AD
on it) You have to set up DNS server for a domain, you can do this
manually or let DCPROMO to do it for You (there is an option in the
wizard after this error information to let wizard setup DNS server for You).
Machine acting as a DC should have proper DNS server configured in it's
TCP\IP configuraion - if You have only one DC and it will act as DNS
server for AD domain too the DNS IP address in TCP\IP configuration
should point to this server adress.
When You want to add machine to a domain (client or member server) it
has to be able to resolve DNS name of the domain so IP addres of DNS
server in this machine configuration should also point to the DNS server
which knows data about domain, in Your case this will be DC.
--
Tomasz Onyszko [MVP]
T.Onyszko@w2k.pl
http://www.w2k.pl |
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Jim
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Thu Jan 20, 2005 6:39 am Post subject:
Re: Configuring Active Directory & DNS |
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Ah ok, So I can use the IP address to connect to the domain? The part where
I get confused is in my TCP/IP settings, all the information currently there
is for my internet connection (static ip, gateway, subnet mask, and dns) |
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