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Make sure you can ping the domain controller you're trying to join from the workstation.<br />
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Are you able to resolve the name as well? It's possible the workstation is not properly resolving to the DNS server hosted on the domain controller.<br />
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Let us know what you find out.
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Make sure you can ping the domain controller you're trying to join from the workstation.

Are you able to resolve the name as well? It's possible the workstation is not properly resolving to the DNS server hosted on the domain controller.

Let us know what you find out.

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Follow-up question, besides the localhost IP (127.0.0.1), is there a specific reason why the server has two additional IPs?
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Follow-up question, besides the localhost IP (127.0.0.1), is there a specific reason why the server has two additional IPs?

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I can ping the server but not the domain control (plc-church.org)
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I can ping the server but not the domain control (plc-church.org)

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what should I be using for ip, subnet, default and dns address for a test server? &nbsp;Where did you find 2 additional ip addresses?
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what should I be using for ip, subnet, default and dns address for a test server?  Where did you find 2 additional ip addresses?

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I'm trying to setup a test network consisting of server 2008 and a windows 7 machine. &nbsp;Please bare with me, as I'm a first time user of this combination. &nbsp;<br />
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My server is configured with Active Directory Domain Services, DHCP Server, DNS Server and File Services. &nbsp;I have assigned an IP address to the server (10.0.0.253, 255.0.0.0, 10.0.0.2 and 127.0.0.1<br />
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The workstation is configured for DHCP, so when I try to join the domain, it get this msg<br />
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An Active Directory Domian Controller for the domain &quot;PLC-CHURCH.org could not be contacted.<br />
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Any thoughts and Thank You
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I'm trying to setup a test network consisting of server 2008 and a windows 7 machine.  Please bare with me, as I'm a first time user of this combination.  

My server is configured with Active Directory Domain Services, DHCP Server, DNS Server and File Services.  I have assigned an IP address to the server (10.0.0.253, 255.0.0.0, 10.0.0.2 and 127.0.0.1

The workstation is configured for DHCP, so when I try to join the domain, it get this msg

An Active Directory Domian Controller for the domain "PLC-CHURCH.org could not be contacted.

Any thoughts and Thank You

Server 2008 and Windows 7 Domain won't connect

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.