There was also an excellent article on www.windows2000mag.com that covers this exact topic. Check it out at: http://www.winnetmag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=22774
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Dubyn Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 9:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 'Richard Sumilang' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] DC Problem Richard - You'll need to have DNS setup on the network for this to work - it is a basic building block for Active Directory to function. Once this is setup, change the TCP/IP settings of all servers and workstations on your network to use the DNS server(s) you setup for name resolution. Here's some links to assist you: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=261321 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=237675 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=301191 (see the To Configure Forwarders section to give Internet name resolution to the network) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Sumilang Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 10:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] DC Problem How or where would I do that in? On Sunday, April 6, 2003, at 06:58 PM, Kevin Miller wrote: > Point all the servers to the same DDNS ad integrated DNS server and > all will > be well. > > You can use netdiag or restart to net logon service to make the server > refresh it's dns entries. > > -- Kevinm WLKMMAS, Exchange MVP > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard > Sumilang > Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 6:45 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The DNS problem is as follows, I setup a Windows 2000 Server with > Active Directory and the works and now I'm trying to setup another > Domain Controller for the network to help load balance the main > server. So when I try to setup it up as another Domain Controller > using dcpromo, it gets to the part where it try's to copy on over all > the Directory information but errors out because it can't find > my_company.net??? So do I actually have to purchase a domain and point > it to my server or??? I thought that it could just use the NetBIOS > name to find the computer but it try's to find it through the DNS > name. I didn't set up anything on the DNS information under > Administrative tools because I'm not too familiar with it yet and not > sure if thats the problem. Any suggestions on this are greatly > appreciated. > > Thanks, > Richard S. > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
