Joining a Windows 2003 domain server

[ljCharlie]

I have a windows 2000 advance server that I want to join a Windows 2003 domain server. How many ways are there for joining a windows 2000 server to a domain server? Here's what I did. I right click on the My Computer icon and choose Properties/click Network Identification tab. The only option that is listed in this tab is a Properties button. I click on this Properties button and the next window shows a Workgroup and a Domain radio button. I click on the Domain radio button and type in my domain name in the texbox. I then click OK and the next window popup to type in my domain server's administrator's user name and password. I typed it in and then I receive this error:

The following error occurred attempting to join the domain "myDomain":
The network path was not found.

I'm positive the path is correct. I have done the same thing with 10 other computers and it's working fine. The only difference is that many other computers that I joined have the Network ID and Change button under the Computer Name tab in System Properties, and I click Network ID and that seems to work all the time. But this is a Windows 2000 advance server and it does not have the Network ID button. The only choice is Properties button. So am I doing something wrong? How many ways can I join a windows 2000 server to a domain server?

Any help is much appreciated!

ljCharlie

 

[tangostar]

It's probably DNS related.
manually configure the DNS IP to that of the domain you want, and see if that works.

 

[NetIntruder]

can you join via "mydomain.com"?

~Intruder~

"The Less You Do, The Less Can Go Wrong"

 

[ljCharlie]

I have configured the DNS correctly, I think. No, I can't join the domain withi this Win 2000 server but yes, I can join any windows 200 Pro and Windows XP computers to this domain.

ljCharlie

 

[ljCharlie]

Many thanks for your help. Yes, you're right. When I do a nslookup of mydomain.local, it said couldn't find it. However, I manually set the DNS in the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) properties. Can you tell where or what else I might check?

ljCharlie

 

[ljCharlie]

Okay, I got it. Many thanks to both of you. I got it working now. The DNS IP thing triggered me to think about the IP addresses and permission....I have ZoneAlarm runing on this server and it's preventing the joining.

ljCharlie