Setting up a domain with multiple subnets in windows 2000 server 2

[bobpcgeeks4hire]

I have 2 offices connected by a high speed connection over a frame relay. Office 1 has a 2000 server with ip 192.168.1.254 and other machines in the subnet of 192.168.1.xxx. They all work fine. Another office has a subnet of 192.168.2.xxx. I can connect to the internet fine from both locations, I can ping the server from the 2nd location by using the ip address. I can not ping by the domain / server name. I have the DNS set to the server address. What else can I check or set up to get the 2nd site to recognize the 1st site so I can have it join the domain?

Thanks

 

[Castor66]

It's a common problem that domain membership across a routed connection doesn't work or works badly. I used to get around it by adding a line like the following line to the LMHOSTS file of the client machines:

192.168.1.254 <servername> #PRE #DOM:<domainname>

That usually allows the clients find the server. You may have to reload the netbios table

nbtstat -R

 

[DG659]

do both the servers handle internal dns ? on server 1 make it the primary dns and server 2 the secondary and vice-versa

 

[GlenJohnson]

Also, if you go with the idea castor66 has, remember the lmhosts file only works on pre w2k machines. If you're running only w2k and after, use the hosts file. The pre shouuldn't be needed. Good luck.

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