joining a domain

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I have two T1 - 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.2.1

I have a domain in one of the T1 - 192.168.1.10. From the 192.168.2.1 I can
ping 192.168.1.10 but have a very hard time joining the domain. What I did
was to add 192.168.1.10 as a wins address to my 192.168.2.1 machines and now
I can see it BUT is terribly slow and sometimes I can see the mapped drives
and sometimes I cant.

Am I missing something other than WINS? The DNS adderss are the same for
the two CISCO routers that hold the T1.

Thanks,
Raul Rego
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The computers need to be able to contact your Active Directory DNS
server(s). Adding the record to WINS may speed up the NetBIOS name
resolutoin process, but Windows 2000 and up clients want to resolve using
DNS. If your domain controller is 192.168.1.10, it is probably also your DNS
server. Make sure your client lists 192.168.1.10 as it's DNS server in it's
TCP/IP Properties page.

....kurt
 
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Kurt said:
The computers need to be able to contact your Active Directory DNS
server(s). Adding the record to WINS may speed up the NetBIOS name
resolutoin process, but Windows 2000 and up clients want to resolve
using DNS. If your domain controller is 192.168.1.10, it is probably
also your DNS server. Make sure your client lists 192.168.1.10 as
it's DNS server in it's TCP/IP Properties page.

...kurt
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Just to add, make sure that no other DNS servers are in IP properties other
than the internal DNS servers that host the AD zone. If there is an ISP's
DNS indicated anywhere other than a forwarder, it can cause numerous
problems with AD.

Ace
 
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