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I am preparing for MCSE 2003 and have just setup a very simple network with
Win 2003 Server that has been successfully promoted to DC and a client running
Win XP Pro.
I created a computer called "client1" (the computer running Win XP Pro) and a user called "Soma" in AD.
The domain name is Tampines.com.
I have managed to change the name of the client to enable it to join the domain. As soon as the name was changed there was a Welcome message and another message to restart the computer for the change to take effect.
However, I could not log on to the domain. The error message is "The system cannot log you on now because the domain TAMPINES is not available".
I followed Microsoft's advise to join the client to a workgroup and then back to the domain. Still did not work.
Event viewer (in the client machine) says:
"No Domain Controller is available for domain TAMPINES due to the following:
There are currently no logon servers available to service the logon request. .
Make sure that the computer is connected to the network and try again. If the problem persists, please contact your domain administrator.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp."
However, there is an A record in DNS for "client1". I am able to use nslookup in the client to get the server's Ip address.
Likewise, I am able to ping the server from the client and vice versa.
I am pulling my hair and am going crazy.
Can anyone please help me out. I cannot continue as long as I cannot join my client computer to the domain.
Thanks!
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your dns is most likely incorrect, you should only have a local dns server in client1's ip setting.
With a external server in dns .. client 1 is going to the internet and asking "whats dc1.mydomain.com point to?" external dns server is replying "oh that 198.2.3.1"
It should be asking the internal server, and getting a internal address (one for your DC)
you can also test by ping dc.yourdomain.com .. replace with you server.yourdomain name
