First, I've had to set up a deliberately complex, but physically small (less than 500 total nodes, including 350+ VMware VM's, 19 servers, 30 client boxes) network in an educational/lab environment.
This network is totally insular -- there are no connections to any external domain or subnet -- not even so much as a thread & dixie cup.
Given that, its a W2K3/W2K AD network with three servers in the forest root (call it root.local)150.1.0.0/16
DC.root.local -- forest root domain controller
ex.root.local -- forest root Exchange 2003
ap.root.local -- apache web server
Child domains are "black.root.local" (192.168.0.0/16) and "gold.root.local" (172.16.100.0/24), each with their own DC's, exchange, and web servers.
I'm seeing weird stuff in the "black" child domain:
1. sometimes when trying to join host to the domain (a win XP box, for instance)-- I get a "domain controller not found" error, even though I can ping any and all servers on the network by name.
2. Mounting shares: on some clients, one can browse to the share on the domain and mount it more or less "normally", with others, browsing the network only shows the local box, but typing in the share point (\\server\share)- will get you there. These client boxes are about as identical as one can make them: entry-level Dell rack mounts running w2k3, Office XP, VMWare 4.0, and a selection of IA tools (Ethereal, Snort, GFI, etc.)
I'm fairly certain this weirdness has somthing to do with dns -- but ???
Will happily provide more details as necessary . . .
TIA
This network is totally insular -- there are no connections to any external domain or subnet -- not even so much as a thread & dixie cup.
Given that, its a W2K3/W2K AD network with three servers in the forest root (call it root.local)150.1.0.0/16
DC.root.local -- forest root domain controller
ex.root.local -- forest root Exchange 2003
ap.root.local -- apache web server
Child domains are "black.root.local" (192.168.0.0/16) and "gold.root.local" (172.16.100.0/24), each with their own DC's, exchange, and web servers.
I'm seeing weird stuff in the "black" child domain:
1. sometimes when trying to join host to the domain (a win XP box, for instance)-- I get a "domain controller not found" error, even though I can ping any and all servers on the network by name.
2. Mounting shares: on some clients, one can browse to the share on the domain and mount it more or less "normally", with others, browsing the network only shows the local box, but typing in the share point (\\server\share)- will get you there. These client boxes are about as identical as one can make them: entry-level Dell rack mounts running w2k3, Office XP, VMWare 4.0, and a selection of IA tools (Ethereal, Snort, GFI, etc.)
I'm fairly certain this weirdness has somthing to do with dns -- but ???
Will happily provide more details as necessary . . .
TIA