Hey Brandtley, I was told about this group by a current member, saw your question on the front page, and decided I could help.
You are correct in that DNS is the linchpin of Active Directory. That being said, I have a few questions for you... 1. When you ran DCPROMO to create the forest/domain, you were asked to give it both a short name (netbios) and a fully qualified name (fqdn). Which of these are you entering in for the name of the domain when trying to add the machine to the domain? 2. What user are you using to try and add the machines to the domain? 3. What error are you getting when trying to add the machine to the domain? 4. Do you have your domain controller's IP address entered as the primary DNS server for the client's TCP/IP settings? 5. Can you ping the fqdn of the domain? Let me know, I can certainly help you get this setup correctly. Cheers, Dan On Oct 9, 2:23 pm, Brandtley <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I'm attempting to setup and configure a Windows Server network of 2-3 > client machines with a Windows Server 2008 r2 box that will run a > server hosted billing application. I've had no end of troubles > configuring Active Directory and Active Directory Domain Controller so > I can get the machines talking to each other... been through several > sites, blogs, vids, forums... nothing makes any of this easier. Hoping > someone on here has some time and some insight to help me get this > thing up and running and out of my hair :P > > So far the roles I have installed are: > Active Directory > (AD) DNS Server > File Services > > And I've setup and configured the Users, Groups and Computers on the > server that would be connecting to the network. Only when I go to the > client machine to setup the Domain membership it says it can't find > the domain... Makes me think it's still an IP issue with my IPV4 > configs.. > > Any and all help would be appreciated. > > Thank you, > - Brandltey -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
