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Ace Fekay [MVP - Directory Services, MCT]
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      05-02-2010
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:35:21 -0500, azjeep
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>
>Ok, I get the standard "Windows cannot obrain the domain controller name
>for your computer network." when I try to login as a domain user to a
>computer. Here is the setup.
>
>Server configuration:
>
>IP 9.11.253.16
>Subnet: 255.255.255.224
>GW 9.11.253.1
>
>Client configuration:
>
>IP 3.35.254.150
>Subnet: 255.255.254.0
>GW: 9.35.254.1
>
>I put WINS on the server and I added it to the client. I can ping the
>server and all that. It gets an IP from a local DHCP server at that
>location.
>
>Please help as this has been driving me mad.



You didn;t post what the DNS addresses are in the configs. Please let
provide a full ipconfig /all.

Also, WINS does not work as it did with NT4 with Active Directory. AD
is ALL DNS based.

Follow Frankster;s suggestion. If not sure, as requested, provide the
full ipconfig /all.



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