1) Both domain controllers have their own DNS servers which work properly. I do not try to ping with hostnames anyway but by entering IP adresses.
What I think is that the routes are fubared somehow. So to reiterate, everyone on the 2008 domain can ping all computers (and connect to different services) on the 2003 domain, all computers on the 2003 domain EXCEPT the 2003 server itself can ping all computers (and connect to different services) on the 2008 domain. Very strange.
I use two way RRAS connections, so both servers actively connect to the other server.
2) I did what you suggested and disabled that option. It works, the server does not hang at boot. However, this is just mitigating the symptoms. The server still does not manage to auto connect to the 2003 server, but hangs on "connecting" until i press disconnect manually which forces it to retry and eventually succeed. Maybe this is linked to the first problem.
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by: Netman66Posted on 2009-10-14 at 16:24:03ID: 25576167
1) Sounds like the 2003 server itself isn't using the same DNS server the clients are. It should use itself. You may require a stub zone or conditional forwarding for the other servers domain if it is different.
2) You may need to disable the Fastboot option in the Default Domain or Default Domain Controller policy for :
Computer Config>Admin Templates>System>Logon :: Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon = Enabled.