Two Domains, One Organisation

[Aelara]

Hello, Hoping for an easy way round this. Within our company we have two Windows 2003 Domains. Each running it's own copy of AD complete with users, groups, computers etc.

The users of each domain can only access resources within the domain they log onto.

Domain1 has an IP range of 192.168.100.1 through to 192.168.101.254 using subnet 255.255.254.0

Domain2 has an IP range of 192.168.200.1 through to 192.168.200.254 using subnet 255.255.255.0

I need to be able to share resources accross these internal domains. Is there an easy way round maintening the separate IP's and AD structure and be able for users of each domain to access the others resources e.g. Shared Folders, Printers, Proxies.

If possible please give me as much detail as to any steps I need to take to achieve maximum integration.

Many Thanks.

 

[lhuegele]

You want to do some searching and reading on creating 2-way domain trusts. Just go to the Microsoft website and do the searching on this and do some reading.

Good luck,

 

[sutors]

step1: networking; get it to the point where every machine can ping all other machines

step2: DNS; you need full DNS resolution both ways between two domains, either by using forwarders or secondary zones

step3; as lhuegele suggested, you need to create a trust between two domains

lukasz

 

[tesaka57]

network level: Access list modification on router/firewall to allow the subnets of each to route inside to the remote subnet. Deny all other traffic.