Ping via... .short name? FQDN? IP address?

What are you using for DNS resolution on that box?

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Rappaport [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 11:44 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Server 2003 - Windows 7 Pro network problem
> 
> Windows Server 2003 is the domain controller, etc.  Most of the
workstations
> are Windows XP sp3 wired, one is Windows Vista Business sp1 (a laptop)
> connecting wirelessly.   Everything works well.  The outside
connection is
> an SDSL connection through a Thawte TZ-170 firewall to an unmanaged
> switch to which is connected the Server and all the Workstations.
> 
> New computer - Window 7 Pro - 32 bit.  It can ping the server, and can
> connect to the internet, but it CANNOT join the domain.  When you
attempt
> to join, you see the normal message "that an account is present in the
> domain, do you want to use that?" but as soon as you click "Yes" you
> immediately get a message saying  that the network path was not found.
Of
> course this is wrong, because you can ping the server and the first
message
> shows the second one cannot be correct.
> 
> Anyone seen this and have any suggestions?  Thanks.
> --
> 
> Larry
> 237-4429 Home
> 359-4150 Cellular
> [email protected]
> 
> 
> 
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