Joining AD domain

[Superd04]

Hi i have set up an new AD domain and cant get any other machines to join the domain. I have set everything up as requested by guide but getting the below message each time i try join something.. can anyone advise please?

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-1/930106/adsnip.JPG

 

[paulhthomas]

hi, sorry nobody's got back to you, but I'll kick it off and perhaps other people will join in.
Can you ping the domain controller that the machine is trying to? either by name or IP address?
Is the DC the first and only DC on the network?
when you ping it by name, does it resolve to the FQDN or not?
ie. does it resolve servername.domain.com or just servername

Cheers

Paul


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[Superd04]

Yes i can ping myservername.mydomain.ie and it resolves to an ip address.. and this is the first and only DC in my network.. thanks for reply mate

 

[paulhthomas]

is this is a real or virtual environment?

what happens with you just ping servername not servername.mydomain.ie. does it resolve to servername.mydomain.ie or not?

saying that, DNS can't be the issue here as it's getting the SRV records back. hmmm

What level is that domain at? is it a 2k or 2k3 domain? are the DC and the server you're trying to add the same OS?

Have you tried adding a different machine to the domain? say an XP machine for example.

Is the server you're trying to add to the domain getting it's IP statically or via dhcp? if statically where is it pointing for it's dns?


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[Superd04]

is this is a real or virtual environment?- real

what happens with you just ping servername not servername.mydomain.ie. does it resolve to servername.mydomain.ie or not?- yes resolving for both

What level is that domain at? is it a 2k or 2k3 domain? are the DC and the server you're trying to add the same OS?- both are win 2003 server

Have you tried adding a different machine to the domain? say an XP machine for example.- yes, and recieving same error message from xp client machine

Is the server you're trying to add to the domain getting it's IP statically or via dhcp? if statically where is it pointing for it's dns?- static assignment, and pointing to my DNS DC which looks to be setup ok

Thanks for your reply

 

[paulhthomas]

wow! this is a good one!

Is it possible for you to post the rest of the error message, as the image only shows the top half?

Are there any firewalls between the dc and the machines you're trying to add to the domain? I assume they're in the same physical location.

try running netdiag /fix and see if that sorts it.

paul

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[Superd04]

Hi thanks again for your reply.. ye seems a bit odd alrite.. the link for clip of rest of message is below along with screen shot after clicking the help button..

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-1/930106/picsnip.JPG

 

[paulhthomas]

cheers for the pic. did you run netdiag /fix

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[jshurst]

As Paul suggested you should run netdiag (and possibly dcdiag), I believe you need to download server 2003 tools and it is contained in that.

How is DHCP being handled? If you aren't doing dhcp through server 2003 then I suggest doing that as it seems to work better when joining the domain (rather than letting an external router handle it).

After you run netdiag post any errors that you have.

 

[paulhthomas]

yes, as above, if netdiag /fix doesn't work, run netdiag /v and post the results here.

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[Dublin73]

paulhthomas has pointed out something significant there.

Is there any form of firewall between the client PCs and the domain controller?

Communication takes place over a few ports, between a client and DC when you're tring to add the client to the domain.

I've seen your error messages before. In my case it was a firewall restriction, where the right ports weren't open between the client and DC.

 

[Superd04]

Hi guys.. sorry i didnt reply sooner as i was on a training course with my company last week. have got back this week and still not got to the bottom of it.
i have re-installed the machine exactly as was before and all is working fine now, bit of an odd one??
tanx alot for advise either way guys

 

[paulhthomas]

glad you got it sorted in the end, shame you had to wipe it, but there we are. sometimes it's quicker!

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