My network places in Server 2003 ent edition and XP professional clients
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I have server 2003 ent edition domain with AD, DNS, DHCP. XP professional clients. On all my servers and clients if I go to my network places and click on the domain name, I get:
Domain is not accessible. You might have permission to use this network resource. Contact the admin of this server to find out if you have access permissions. The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available.'
Note: For servers: Under the file and print sharing for microsoft for each NIC card, Maximize data throughput for network application is selected. For clients the properties button for file and print sharing is grayed out.
Help plz
I have server 2003 ent edition domain with AD, DNS, DHCP. XP professional clients. On all my servers and clients if I go to my network places and click on the domain name, I get:
Domain is not accessible. You might have permission to use this network resource. Contact the admin of this server to find out if you have access permissions. The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available.'
Note: For servers: Under the file and print sharing for microsoft for each NIC card, Maximize data throughput for network application is selected. For clients the properties button for file and print sharing is grayed out.
Help plz
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THanks Asilva:
Yes DNS can ping perfectly. Right now I have three DNS servers. By DNS settings you mean under NIC card DNS IP addresses? Under primary DNS server they point to themselves and under secondary to the other DNS servers. Is it fine?
help
Yes DNS can ping perfectly. Right now I have three DNS servers. By DNS settings you mean under NIC card DNS IP addresses? Under primary DNS server they point to themselves and under secondary to the other DNS servers. Is it fine?
help
Yes, you have the right dns settings...
it sounds like a firewall might be enabled...follow these instructions, my friend...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/298804
-neo
it sounds like a firewall might be enabled...follow these instructions, my friend...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/298804
-neo
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neomage23
Thanks I do not have any firewall enabled on the NIC connections.
Thanks
Thanks I do not have any firewall enabled on the NIC connections.
Thanks
are the clients joined to the domain?
do the clients have the correct dns settings?
do the clients have the correct dns settings?
Have you enabled NETBIOS over TCP/IP on all the workstations? If they are all getting DHCP address from the server make sure the DHCP server is also passing out a WINS node type of 0x8.
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newmage23:
Clients are all working in domain, joined properly, there DNS is fine as well.
jimbecher:
Clients auto IP's from DHCP. How and where I make sure that DHCP is passing out a WINS node type of 0x8 (what does it do? Also I am not running WINS server on my domain)
cjtraman:
My clients get ips from the DHCP. How can I find which DNS server is providing name resolution to AD (I am running three DNS servers right now?, Help plz) I can check it right now if dynamic registration is enabled in DNS server. Do I have to run nltest on all DNS servers?
Clients are all working in domain, joined properly, there DNS is fine as well.
jimbecher:
Clients auto IP's from DHCP. How and where I make sure that DHCP is passing out a WINS node type of 0x8 (what does it do? Also I am not running WINS server on my domain)
cjtraman:
My clients get ips from the DHCP. How can I find which DNS server is providing name resolution to AD (I am running three DNS servers right now?, Help plz) I can check it right now if dynamic registration is enabled in DNS server. Do I have to run nltest on all DNS servers?
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jimbecher:
I have just added 046 in dhcp wins/nbt type its value is 0x0 is it ok?
I have just added 046 in dhcp wins/nbt type its value is 0x0 is it ok?
Nope. Make it 0x8. XP needs it that way ....
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Jimbecher:
THanks. I made it as 0x8. Let me check if I can browse network places now.
THanks. I made it as 0x8. Let me check if I can browse network places now.
Good deal. Won't hurt to check a couple workstations to make sure the changes have been inplemented. OPen up a command prompt on a couple workstations and do a "ipconfig /all". The node type should be "hybrid".
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Jimbecher:
RIght now I can ONly check from servers, I am working remotely. On the servers I cannot still browse the 'network places'.
Thanks
RIght now I can ONly check from servers, I am working remotely. On the servers I cannot still browse the 'network places'.
Thanks
Oh. Do you have NETBIOS over TCP/IP enabled on the NIC?
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jimbecher:
Interesting to note that I can browse 'network places' from one of the servers which is the domain controller but is NOT running DNS. Rest of the servers which are running DNS cannot browse it.
Interesting to note that I can browse 'network places' from one of the servers which is the domain controller but is NOT running DNS. Rest of the servers which are running DNS cannot browse it.
Are all you DNS servers AD integrated and do they all have Reverse Lookup Zones? How many DNS servers to you have on your network? How many of them are Domain Controllers?
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Jimbecher
I have three DNS server, all of them are domain controllers and all of them are AD integrated. Now strangely enough I just found that one of domain controllers which is running DNS can also browse the network places. So now it means problem lies in two of the domain controllers only. Yes all of them have reverse lookup zones.
I have three DNS server, all of them are domain controllers and all of them are AD integrated. Now strangely enough I just found that one of domain controllers which is running DNS can also browse the network places. So now it means problem lies in two of the domain controllers only. Yes all of them have reverse lookup zones.
Has it changed? Didn't you start with not of them being able to browse?
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Jimbecher:
True, I was looking at only two domain controllers. Let me recheck all of them, I will be back with the results.
True, I was looking at only two domain controllers. Let me recheck all of them, I will be back with the results.
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JImbecher:
This is the situation now.
serv02 = domain controller + DNS server + ACtive directory integrated = Cannot browse the network places
serv01 = domain controller + DNS server + ACtive directory integrated = Cannot browse the network places
bmain = domain controller + DNS server + ACtive directory integrated = Can browse the network places
Exchange2 = member server = Can browse the network places
server = domain controller = Can browse the network places
This is the situation now.
serv02 = domain controller + DNS server + ACtive directory integrated = Cannot browse the network places
serv01 = domain controller + DNS server + ACtive directory integrated = Cannot browse the network places
bmain = domain controller + DNS server + ACtive directory integrated = Can browse the network places
Exchange2 = member server = Can browse the network places
server = domain controller = Can browse the network places
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Event Type: Warning
Event Source: DNS
Event Category: None
Event ID: 4515
Date: 11/4/2006
Time: 9:50:36 PM
User: N/A
Computer: BMAIN
Description:
The zone fernhillschool.com was previously loaded from the directory partition MicrosoftDNS but another copy of the zone has been found in directory partition
Jimbecher:
WHen I restart DNS on any of the domain controllers I get warning message in the event logs: event id:4515
DomainDnsZones.mydomain.co
If an administrator has moved this zone from one directory partition to another this may be a harmless transient condition. In this case, no action is necessary. The deletion of the original copy of the zone should soon replicate to this server.
If there are two copies of this zone in two different directory partitions but this is not a transient caused by a zone move operation then one of these copies should be deleted as soon as possible to resolve this conflict.
To change the replication scope of an application directory partition containing DNS zones and for more details on storing DNS zones in the application directory partitions, please see Help and Support.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
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Event Source: DNS
Event Category: None
Event ID: 4515
Date: 11/4/2006
Time: 9:50:36 PM
User: N/A
Computer: BMAIN
Description:
The zone fernhillschool.com was previously loaded from the directory partition MicrosoftDNS but another copy of the zone has been found in directory partition
Jimbecher:
WHen I restart DNS on any of the domain controllers I get warning message in the event logs: event id:4515
DomainDnsZones.mydomain.co
If an administrator has moved this zone from one directory partition to another this may be a harmless transient condition. In this case, no action is necessary. The deletion of the original copy of the zone should soon replicate to this server.
If there are two copies of this zone in two different directory partitions but this is not a transient caused by a zone move operation then one of these copies should be deleted as soon as possible to resolve this conflict.
To change the replication scope of an application directory partition containing DNS zones and for more details on storing DNS zones in the application directory partitions, please see Help and Support.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
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0000: 89 25 00 00 ‰%..
Ouch. That would definitely cause the problems you are experiencing. You are going to have to get rid of the duplicate zone but I wouldn't be able to help you with that. Now that the problem has been defined you might want to post the above error message as a new incident and try to resolve it. Good Luck!
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Thanks Jim:
Thanks neomage23:
I can start the process on monday to check if the error occurs again.
Thanks
Thanks neomage23:
I can start the process on monday to check if the error occurs again.
Thanks
How many clients are connected to these three Domain controllers may be any licensing issues menas no of users ( limited connections ) conneted to the server and also cehck the server /workstation services of domain controlletrs menas restart these services and and also restart the server and switches/ routers whre these pc's are connected.
AS