DNS And Active Directory

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Neil Dittmar

Hello All,

We are currently trying to get DNS and Active
Directory running on our Windows 2000 Server machine and
are encountering some problems. We followed the
instructions for "Setting Up the Domain Name System for
Active Directory" in KB Article 237675 and all seemed to
go smooth. Next, we followed the instructions to "Promote
and Demote Domain Controllers in Windows 2000" in KB
Article 238369. At the completion of this process, we
received an error message stating that the domain
controller for the domain that we created (aurora) could
not be found. After a reboot, anytime we try to do
anything in regards to joining the domain, removing active
directory, etc. is met with the following error message:

"The operation failed because: failed finding a suitable
domain controller for the domain aurora "The specified
domain either does not exist or could not be contacted."

We're not really sure what is going on and any help
or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Neil Dittmar
Software Developer
Aurora Information Systems
 
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Neil Dittmar said:
Hello All,

We are currently trying to get DNS and Active
Directory running on our Windows 2000 Server machine and
are encountering some problems. We followed the
instructions for "Setting Up the Domain Name System for
Active Directory" in KB Article 237675 and all seemed to
go smooth. Next, we followed the instructions to "Promote
and Demote Domain Controllers in Windows 2000" in KB
Article 238369. At the completion of this process, we
received an error message stating that the domain
controller for the domain that we created (aurora) could
not be found. After a reboot, anytime we try to do
anything in regards to joining the domain, removing active
directory, etc. is met with the following error message:

"The operation failed because: failed finding a suitable
domain controller for the domain aurora "The specified
domain either does not exist or could not be contacted."

We're not really sure what is going on and any help
or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Neil Dittmar
Software Developer
Aurora Information Systems
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Can you post an ipconfig /all and the domain name from ADU&C please?
 
Hello All,

Do you have an netdiag and dcdiag from the DC? Is that the name of the
domain, "aurora" not "aurora.com" and is this with SP4? If so you may want
to look at:

826743 Clients Cannot Dynamically Register DNS Records in Single Label
Forward
http://kb/article.asp?id=Q826743

Shane Brasher
MCSE (2000,NT),MCSA, A+
Microsoft Platforms Support
Windows NT/2000 Networking
 
Hi Kevin,

Thank you for your prompt reply. Here is the
information you requested:

IPCONFIG /all displays:



Windows 2000 IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : AIS_2000
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . : aurora
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : aurora

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82559
Fast Ethernet LAN on Motherboard
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-E0-18-30-52-
1A

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 160.229.20.100

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 160.229.20.25

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 64.56.37.246
208.39.140.42

The domain name from Active Directory Users and
Computers is "aurora" (without the quotes). It is
important to note that we are not hosting a website, nor
do we have any connectivity (other than internet access)
to the outside world. The reason we need to set up Active
Directory and DNS is so we can evaluate Exchange Server
2003 to see if it meets our needs for an upcoming Visual
Basic / Outlook integration project. Any further
assistance you can provide us would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Neil Dittmar
Software Developer
Aurora Information Systems
 
Hi Shane,

Thank you for your reply. We do have the netdiag and
dcdiag utilities on the domain controller. The name of
the domain was set as "aurora", not "aurora.com." We
currently have Windows 2000 Server with SP4 installed. We
attempted to reference the KB article that you included,
but a KBID search on support.microsoft.com comes up with
no matches. We found a similar article "300684 -
Information About Configuring Windows 2000 for Domains
With Single-Label DNS Names." Would this give us the
answers we're looking for?

Also, what steps can we take to fix this if the
single label DNS is constantly going to be a problem? Any
additional insight or information would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks,

Neil Dittmar
Software Developer
Aurora Information Systems
 
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Neil Dittmar said:
Hi Kevin,

Thank you for your prompt reply. Here is the
information you requested:

IPCONFIG /all displays:



Windows 2000 IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : AIS_2000
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . : aurora
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : aurora

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82559
Fast Ethernet LAN on Motherboard
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-E0-18-30-52-
1A

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 160.229.20.100

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 160.229.20.25

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 64.56.37.246
208.39.140.42

The domain name from Active Directory Users and
Computers is "aurora" (without the quotes). It is
important to note that we are not hosting a website, nor
do we have any connectivity (other than internet access)
to the outside world. The reason we need to set up Active
Directory and DNS is so we can evaluate Exchange Server
2003 to see if it meets our needs for an upcoming Visual
Basic / Outlook integration project. Any further
assistance you can provide us would be greatly appreciated.
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Thank you for the information two *BIG* problems, one do not use your ISP's
DNS in any NIC on any domain member including DCs. Use only the IP of your
DC with DNS installed. For internet access read this and make sure you
delete the "." forward lookup zone. 300202 - HOW TO: Configure DNS for
Internet Access in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=300202&FR=1

Problem two is your single label domain name, which is a problem for
Win2kSP4, XP and Win2k3.
Read this and make the registry entries to support single label domain
names.
300684 - Information About Configuring Windows 2000 for Domains with
Single-Label DNS Names
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;300684&FR=1
 
Hello All,

That is correct, you always want to point internally for DNS and forward
out to your ISP. I would definitely check make the reg changes as per
826743 Clients Cannot Dynamically Register DNS Records in Single Label
Forward
http://kb/article.asp?id=Q826743


Shane Brasher
MCSE (2000,NT),MCSA, A+
Microsoft Platforms Support
Windows NT/2000 Networking
 
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Shane Brasher said:
Hello All,

That is correct, you always want to point internally for DNS and
forward out to your ISP. I would definitely check make the reg
changes as per 826743 Clients Cannot Dynamically Register DNS Records
in Single Label Forward
http://kb/article.asp?id=Q826743


Shane Brasher
MCSE (2000,NT),MCSA, A+
Microsoft Platforms Support
Windows NT/2000 Networking
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Shane, that article number doesn't show up at technet. The format it's in
also depicts it to be one of your internal web servers. Is it a partner's
access KB article?

--
Regards,
Ace

Please direct all replies to the newsgroup so all can benefit.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties.

Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory
 
Hello Ace,

No it's flagged as public but has been pulled just recently for re-writting
to include more detail I assume. I was not aware that it was pulled until I
read your post. Sorry. The below article should accomplish positive
results as it follows the same resolution path.

300684 Information About Configuring Windows 2000 for Domains With
Single-Label
http://kb/article.asp?id=Q300684


Shane Brasher
MCSE (2000,NT),MCSA, A+
Microsoft Platforms Support
Windows NT/2000 Networking
 
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