asked on Joining XP Pro SP3 Workstation to SBS2008 Domain
I'm setting up my first SBS2008 network (after setting up loads of SBS2003 networks for years), and I can't seem to get any workstation to connect properly. It's as though the server isn't assigning a DHCP IP address to the workstations.
If I manually assign an IP to the workstation then I can ping the server, but only by IP, not name, even when using the server IP as the preferred DNS on the workstation.
As this is my first attempt at SBS2008, I installed everything as default. The server is an HP Proliant ML350 with 160GB HDD and 6GB RAM. Workstation is Intel Dual-Core 2.6Ghz, 2GB RAM, 320GB hard disk, with a fresh installation of XP Pro with SP3.
All the usual services appear to be running and I can't see anything obvious in the logs.
As I'm still finding my way around SBS2008 I'm hoping someone can show me the silly mistake I've made that is stopped this simple process working.
Below is the ipconfig /all from the server:
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : SERVER01
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : mydomain.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mydomain.local
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 18-A9-05-3E-14-AC
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::85cc:7d83:4028:a51e%
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::bf1a:44ee:119d:8bfa%
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : ::1
127.0.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 8:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{E3CB938B-6156-4BC7
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Thanks.
If I manually assign an IP to the workstation then I can ping the server, but only by IP, not name, even when using the server IP as the preferred DNS on the workstation.
As this is my first attempt at SBS2008, I installed everything as default. The server is an HP Proliant ML350 with 160GB HDD and 6GB RAM. Workstation is Intel Dual-Core 2.6Ghz, 2GB RAM, 320GB hard disk, with a fresh installation of XP Pro with SP3.
All the usual services appear to be running and I can't see anything obvious in the logs.
As I'm still finding my way around SBS2008 I'm hoping someone can show me the silly mistake I've made that is stopped this simple process working.
Below is the ipconfig /all from the server:
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : SERVER01
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : mydomain.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mydomain.local
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 18-A9-05-3E-14-AC
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::85cc:7d83:4028:a51e%
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::bf1a:44ee:119d:8bfa%
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : ::1
127.0.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 8:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{E3CB938B-6156-4BC7
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Thanks.
SBS
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Rob Williams
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ipconfig /all from a workstation woulkd also be useful to see
from a workstation execute nslookup server01.mydomain.local and post the result?
Substitute your FQDN please
Substitute your FQDN please
Your help has saved me hundreds of hours of internet surfing.
fblack61
ASKER
Ah thanks! It was the "Connect to the Internet" wizard which did the trick. I had assumed I could leave that until later, when i was ready to connect to the internet.
It seems it should be called the "Connect to the internet and setup my network" wizard instead!
Thanks again.
It seems it should be called the "Connect to the internet and setup my network" wizard instead!
Thanks again.
Thanks dbasplus. The connect to the Internet wizard completes the DNS sett up, which is likely why it didn't work.
Glad to hear you are up and running.
Cheers!
--Rob
Glad to hear you are up and running.
Cheers!
--Rob
Also in case you are not aware http://SBSname/connectcomputer is now http://connect with SBS 2008