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DNS Frustration

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Posted by: Dante_Caligari

Despite my most sincere efforts, I have not been able to get DNS working.

I have Windows Server 2003 running on an old machine, with the IP as 192.168.1.12.

The Domain that I created was "SYMMETRIX.local."

When I try to connect to it on my XP Pro machine (with the IP of 192.168.1.11),

[B]I get this error message when I try to connect:[/B]
[URL=http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e372/dante_caligari/argh-1.jpg]The Format of the Specified Network Name is Invalid[/URL]

Does anyone know what the heck is going on? I can provide a image of the DNS configuration on request, and I have tried everything, including changing crossover cables.



Posted by: bla!!

I've never experienced this with my work in AD, but this post seems to have the identical problem and a solution.

[url]http://www.experts-exchange.com/Networking/Misc/Q_21034618.html[/url]

Scroll down past the forum links to see the solutions.



Posted by: Dante_Caligari

Most people I have talked to have not run into this problem. You have to subscribe to that site to get the solution.



Posted by: IBMan

make sure the primary dns setting on both your server and workstation are pointing to your local dns server(primary domain controller) and nothing in secondary



Posted by: bla!!

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Dante_Caligari [/i]
[B]Most people I have talked to have not run into this problem. You have to subscribe to that site to get the solution. [/B][/QUOTE]

Scroll all the way down and the solution is there. Below the links.



Posted by: Dante_Caligari

[QUOTE][B]The problem was related to moving the PC from one Domain to another!
Removing, and restoring the NIC drivers allowed me to add the PC to the new Domain. I was still unable to browse the network, and there were local file security problems as well.
Running the latest XP Service Pack resolved these issues.
[/B][/QUOTE]

My computer is part of a workgroup. That [I]could[/I] be the problem. I am going to try removing the NIC drivers and re-installing them to see if that works. I will get back to you.



Posted by: Dante_Caligari

Removing the NIC drivers and re-installing them did [I]not[/I] work. What now?



Posted by: Law

Just try entering SYMMETRIX instead of SYMMETRIX.local. Had some problem before when I tried joining my domain with the .com, just by entering the domain name instead of the .com work for some clients. I don't why. :p



Posted by: Dante_Caligari

I tried that. It didn't work.





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