A domain controller for the domain....

Hello
I have an issue I need help with. Adding a new XP pro workstation to an existing domain "local" with one DC Windows 2000 server.
New workstation is named "consult3 "
I get an error "A domain controller for the domain local could not be contacted... "
I can ping the workstation by ip and name from server and I can ping the server by both from the workstation.
I added the computer name manually to the AD as well as add the DNS host manually to the DNS on the server.
IP address is set statically with DNS IP as the server.

Error details as follows: (where does this name come rom>>_ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.local) ?

The domain name local might be a NetBIOS domain name. If this is the case, verify that the domain name is properly registered with WINS.

If you are certain that the name is not a NetBIOS domain name, then the following information can help you troubleshoot your DNS configuration.

The following error occurred when DNS was queried for the service location (SRV) resource record used to locate a domain controller for domain local:

The error was: "DNS name does not exist. "
(error code 0x0000232B RCODE_NAME_ERROR)

The query was for the SRV record for _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.local

Common causes of this error include the following:

- The DNS SRV record is not registered in DNS.

- One or more of the following zones do not include delegation to its child zone:

local
. (the root zone)

For information about correcting this problem, click Help.

 

Try renaming the node to something else & then rejoin the domain.

 

Which users are allowed to add a computer to a domain

Can I ask, which group does a user have to be a member of to allow the user to add a computer to a domain?
"Domain Admin "??

 

Domain Admins will do it

I get this problem sometimes, never found a reason for it, but I usually join the domain using the netbios name for the domain - domainname\pcname

however this can fail, if that happens, I use the FQDN - pcname.domain.com

this seems to work - I have a mixed mode domain with different OS's on different DC's which would probably account for the error. Eventually we will be entriely on w2003 and go native.

 

More information

I have a little more info and really need help on this one.
I logged into the server and looked in AD for the full domain name.
Instead of the typical FQDN "something.local" the only thing that is listed is "local" no period in front nor is there a second level name.
I assume this is the top level of the domain name and the second level was never named. Is that possible? And if so what do I put in the domain name for the workstation. ".local "?
So I am trying to figure out how this domain was named?
Any help is really appreciated!

 

Ps

Grunty

Is that domainname\computername (no spaces right?)
And to use the FQDN that would be computername.domain (since there is no top level domain ie the ".com" part.
Is that correct?
When I try to put that in I get an error "DNS name contains invalid characters "