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Trouble adding machine to newly created domain - the network path was not found

I'm having trouble adding a machine to a newly created domain the error I am getting is:

"The following errors occurred attempting to join the domain "pottonhomes.local"
The network path was not found."

Please see both for ipconfig /all ran from the client and the server and also a dcdiag which showed a few errors on the server any help would be great.

IPCONFIG & NSLOOKUP ON SERVER
C:\Users\Administrator>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : phsvr01
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : pottonhomes.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : pottonhomes.local

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : HP NC107i PCIe Gigabit Server Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 10-1F-74-3B-23-10
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.20.2(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.20.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.20.2
192.168.20.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

NSLOOKUP

Default Server: phsvr01.pottonhomes.local
Address: 192.168.20.2

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IPCONFIG & NSLOOKUP ON CLIENT

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : pottonhomes.local
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : F0-4D-A2-FB-57-74
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.20.100(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 26 September 2011 11:53:40
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 04 October 2011 13:35:02
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.20.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.20.2
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.20.2
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

c:\>nslookup
Default Server: phsvr01.pottonhomes.local
Address: 192.168.20.2

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DCDIAG RAN FROM SERVER

Starting test: Replications
......................... PHSVR01 passed test Replications
Starting test: RidManager
......................... PHSVR01 passed test RidManager
Starting test: Services
......................... PHSVR01 passed test Services
Starting test: SystemLog
A warning event occurred. EventID: 0x00001695
Time Generated: 09/26/2011 13:34:44
Event String:
Dynamic registration or deletion of one or more DNS records associat
ed with DNS domain 'pottonhomes.local.' failed. These records are used by other
computers to locate this server as a domain controller (if the specified domain
is an Active Directory domain) or as an LDAP server (if the specified domain is
an application partition).
A warning event occurred. EventID: 0x00001695
Time Generated: 09/26/2011 13:34:44
Event String:
Dynamic registration or deletion of one or more DNS records associat
ed with DNS domain 'ForestDnsZones.pottonhomes.local.' failed. These records ar
e used by other computers to locate this server as a domain controller (if the s
pecified domain is an Active Directory domain) or as an LDAP server (if the spec
ified domain is an application partition).
A warning event occurred. EventID: 0x00001695
Time Generated: 09/26/2011 13:34:44
Event String:
Dynamic registration or deletion of one or more DNS records associat
ed with DNS domain 'DomainDnsZones.pottonhomes.local.' failed. These records ar
e used by other computers to locate this server as a domain controller (if the s
pecified domain is an Active Directory domain) or as an LDAP server (if the spec
ified domain is an application partition).
......................... PHSVR01 passed test SystemLog
Starting test: VerifyReferences
......................... PHSVR01 passed test VerifyReferences

Running partition tests on : ForestDnsZones
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... ForestDnsZones passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... ForestDnsZones passed test
CrossRefValidation

Running partition tests on : DomainDnsZones
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... DomainDnsZones passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... DomainDnsZones passed test
CrossRefValidation

Running partition tests on : Schema
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... Schema passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... Schema passed test CrossRefValidation

Running partition tests on : Configuration
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... Configuration passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... Configuration passed test CrossRefValidation

Running partition tests on : pottonhomes
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... pottonhomes passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... pottonhomes passed test CrossRefValidation

Running enterprise tests on : pottonhomes.local
Starting test: LocatorCheck
......................... pottonhomes.local passed test LocatorCheck
Starting test: Intersite
......................... pottonhomes.local passed test Intersite

Krzysztof Pytko

Remove from DNS list your IP address of gateway. DNS servers in NIC properties should only point to local domain's DNS servers. On DNS server configure forwaredrs as your gateway (if have defined DNS server) or your ISP DNS server or any publicly available (like Google 8.8.8.8 or/and 8.8.4.4) to be able to browse the Internet resources from clients.

Regards,
Krzysztof

Krzysztof Pytko

Reboot PC or run in command-line

ipconfig /flushdns

and then try to add PC into domain again

Krzysztof

Ben Campbell

ASKER

IP address of gateway wasn't in DNS anyway.

In NIC properties the only DNS server is only itself now 192.168.20.2

Have flushed both the server and the client's dns and still the same

Krzysztof Pytko

How your client is configured ? Can you show me ipconfig /all from it?

Krzysztof

Ben Campbell

ASKER

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : pottonhomes.local
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : F0-4D-A2-FB-57-74
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.20.100(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 26 September 2011 11:53:40
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 04 October 2011 13:35:02
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.20.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.20.2
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.20.2
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

c:\>nslookup
Default Server: phsvr01.pottonhomes.local
Address: 192.168.20.2

Krzysztof Pytko

OK, looks like there in no problem with network settings. I can see that you have disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP on your DC.
How do you add client into domain ?

domain: NetBIOS-DOMAIN-NAME
user: DOMAIN-NAME\USER

i.e.

TESTENV-PL
TESTENV-PL\Administrator

or

domain: DNS-DOMAIN-NAME
user: user@DNS-DOMAIN-NAME

i.e.

testenv.local
administrator@testenv.local

I guess that the first one? It cannot work because of NetBIOS disabled

Krzysztof

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