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by kneighbor

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I keep getting this error when trying to log into a trusted domain,
already tried.
1)Broke and restablish trust
2)Checked Wins?
3)Tried differnt user names and differnt machines
They log into my domain fine?
I am stumped HELP ME PLEASE.

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by veetel

Is trust a two-way trust? Can you ping from both ends? Are the machines using same Wins on both sides? Are host/lmhost files current and are domain controllers loading into cache (#PRE #DOM)?

by laust

This was my solution to a similar problem once..maybe it will help you.
Check your network connection. Make sure there are link lights on the network card and the hub. Make sure you have a cable from the hub to the patch pannel.

by kurt g

The error you are getting indicates that you are not actually reaching the destination domain, or it's name is not being resolved. Check all network electronics (i.e. NIC, hub, cabling, etc.). Use basic TCP/IP commands to determine fault. Like tracert, ping, etc. Also, I agree with prior two answers.

by mcse lee

If you can connect from the same machine with a different username, then it's a permissions issue. If you cannot connect from the machine no matter what, then start by checking all TCP/IP statistics (on both machines) - particularly Subnet Mask and Default Gateway. Then try PINGing the remote machine by \\name, then by IP - if you can ping by IP, but not name, it's a name resolution problem (WINS or DNS). Also try TRACERT to validate the above.

by antony_k

Hi!

If you are using separete WINS server for each domain, yhen you must establish replication of WINS-database between them.
In WINS manager on both servers you must to configure each server as push and pull partner for another one. Besides in TCP/IP protocol configuration on these servers you need to set primary WINS on itself and secondary WINS on its replication partner

Example :

WINS1-192.168.1.1
WINS2-192.168.2.1

on WINS 1
primary WINS 192.168.1.1
secondary WINS 192.168.2.1
on WINS 2
primary WINS 192.168.2.1
secondary WINS 192.168.1.1

Sorry for my pure english.

by 4runner

First investigate the cable. Check and make sure that the NIC drivers are loaded properly and the IP is binding to the NIC.
If that is working fine then find out if the domain you are trying to reach is using DHCP. If you are configured to use DHCP and the trusted/trusting domain is not you will need to be assigned a static IP address. If you have a static IP address on your PC and the trusted domain uses DHCP you will need to configure your PC to use DHCP. More than likely its the cableor the NIC configuration.

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