Re: [Unattended] Can't find domain

[Scott M. <Wi...@lo...>]

Hi Justin,

Thursday, January 29, 2004, 7:40:57 AM, you wrote:

JB> I can ping the server if I fill out the whole IP name, ie. 
JB> myDC.ece.utk.edu will ping successfully, but myDC would fail. The "net
JB> use" command is old enough that myDC.ece.utk.edu will not work with it,
JB> but if you use the "Map Network Drive" feature, you can use the whole IP
JB> name. I think that if I can add the proper entries to the lmhosts file,
JB> it should work with just the name.  Maybe I am wrong about this? Anyone
JB> got any suggestions?

Sounds like perhaps you're using a standard internet name server
instead of the domain name server.

--Scott.

JB> Scott McNay wrote:

>>JB> I was having problems installing a couple of boxes from a different
>>JB> subnet, because they couldn't resolve the server name.  I added the name
>>JB> and IP address of the server to the lmhosts file on the cd and that
>>JB> fixed the problem, until Windows tries to join up to the domain.  During
>>JB> the installation, a message pops up that says the Domain controller
>>JB> couldn't be reached, and I tell it to continue and join later.  Well
>>JB> once Windows finishes installing, nothing happens, because the server
>>JB> still cannot be reached, so it just sits there.  I tried adding the
>>JB> server to the Windows hosts (/Windows/system32/drivers/etc) file, but
>>JB> that didn't help either.  Any other suggestions on how to resolve the issue?