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soda

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Hi everyone,

I created a home domain, 2 clients xp pro and one dc server2003. Dns is installed on my dc. I have it all set up and it's working well. The question I have is, when I first created my dc and installed dns, I couldn't get my clients to join the domain. I had to actually create a host(a) record for them before my clients could join the domain. I thought that I wouldn't have to do that, I thought dns does it automactically. If I wanted to add lets say another 10 pc's to the domain, I would have to create 10 host records. In my eyes DNS is not the easiest to understand. Hope someone can clear this up for me.
Thank you in advance.

soda
 
Set the DNS to 255.255.255.0
Then add the other computers to this domain using the DNS number
 
Are those clients resolving DNS via DHCP? Are you behind a router? Is that router also dishing out DHCP? If so, I think you could have conflicts. You may need to switch some services and configurations on your network.

Also, if your clients have previous DNS you may need to flush it and then rejoin the domain. You can do so by doing this:

Code: 
ipconfig /flushdns
 
Hi,
I really appreciate the help and something tells me I didn't set things up right...even though everything is working...I'll explain my setup a little more clearly.



Router ip address is 192.168.2.1

My domain controller name is comdc1 with ip address 192.168.2.2

client one name is compc1 with ip address 92.168.2.3

client two name is compc2 with ip address 192.168.2.4



both clients and domain could ping each other and all pc's could ping the router.

both clients I configured on their network card static ip's and dns pointing to ip address 192.168.2.2 domian controller
dc is also static.

As for my router....can a router act as dhcp..or is it just a gateway to let my isp assign ip addresses. When i was logged into my router I seen dhcp and I disabled it cause I'm using static right now....but that is it..I didn't change anything else. I'm not to sure where or how to configure my router with internal ip's or external ip's ect...
This is about it in a nutshell...if anyone has anything to add please don't hesitate...I'll appreciate it..
thanks guys..

soda
 
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