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Trusts - Domain can't be contacted?

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by pbtoms

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I have a hardware VPN setup between two offices, and need to establish a trust. The main office is Win2K Server, branch is NT4. I can ping computers in both offices by IP and by name (WINS servers in both locations). I can use Network Neighborhoodor Network Places to browse both networks, and can see all of the computers in the branch domain. But when I try to establish a trust, the Win2K server says that the domain "cannot be contacted". What am I missing? I'll be happy to provide more details, if you tell me what you need to know.

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by quintar51

you need to make sure that your w2k domain is in mixed mode. That will allow it to communicate with older windows machines, such as NT, 9x.

To check if your domain is in mixed mode or native mode, go to Active directory domains and trusts, rightclick on the domain and go to properties. If it is in native mode, you'll have to demote all Domain controllers and then promote them one by one, choosing mixed mode domain.

good luck,

by pbtoms

Answer didn't actually help, but no reason to punish you for trying. :-) Thanks! Turns out it was a DEU error (Defective End User)...I was putting in the domain name in lower case. Tried it all caps, and it worked just fine...

by pbtoms

Win2K server IS in mixed mode. We have a couple of NT4 servers, so I have been very careful to be sure it is mixed.

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