"WINS: The Name Service That Wont Die. " No one will be admitted to the server room 5 minutes after the feature begins.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Crowley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 12:38 PM Subject: RE: OT. Network puzzle. Error 53. > WINS is not required! LOL! > > Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP kcCC+I > Tech Consultant > hp Services > Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Greg Deckler > Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 1:44 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Re: OT. Network puzzle. Error 53. > > > Do you installed WINS installed? I realize that technically it is *not > required* in W2K but if you are having NetBIOS-related name resolution > issues, this may be a quick way to fix it. > > > Hi all. I was just trying to help someone with a seeminly easy thing > > but = could not figure it out. > > > > This guy has two Windows 2000 Server SP3 machines. Both machines have > > = two NICs. One is using an internal 192.168.0.x address and the other > > > NIC = is using an external IP address. > > > > One is already a domain controller. The second one is a member and he > > is = trying to promote it to become domain controller #2. Dcpromo > > fails a = minute or so after it starts and complains about not being > > able to do = some Netbios-related stuff with his dc#1.domain.com > > > > He can ping dc#1 from dc#2 and vice versa. > > He can do net view \\dc#1 from dc#2 and vice versa. > > He can do ping ip_address_#1 from dc#2 and vice versa. > > > > However he cannot do net view \\dc#1.domain.com from dc#2 and vice = > > versa. He gets System Error 53. Network path not found. > > > > We checked everything. > > > > The machines are registered in DNS. We even created HOSTS files and = > > LMHOSTS files, although there was no problem pinging without them = > > anyway. > > > > We tried only registering the internal IPs - did not help > > We tried only registering the external IPs - did not help > > We tried disabling the internal NIC - did not help > > We checked and re-checked the DNS > > We made sure that the NetBIOS over TCP/IP was enabled > > We made sure that bindings were in place > > > > Could someone please give me any more ideas? > > > > Thanks! > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
