Networks

Ask something
Discussion Locked

trouble between two trusted domains

0 helpful
3 replies

by chipw 1 view

Closed to new repliesThis discussion is closed. It stays readable, but it takes no new replies.

We have a mixed network - NT (pdc and bdc), W2k (file servers), and XP/NT/W2K workstations. A remote office has NT (pdc) and NT/W2K workstations. I can ping his network, he cannot ping most of my network. We are connected via DSL. I don't know anything about the DSL setup, so I am assuming it is wide open between the two offices.

He can ping my PDC and BDC and two workstations only. I have 6 other servers and about 40 other ws's he cannot ping. Of course they are all following the same network setup configuration.

He ran a tracert to a machine he cannot ping and got a response. He then was able to ping and get a response. He was then also able to open network neighborhood, see my entire network, and map a drive to the share drive onone server he couldn't ping previously. He says this only works on the W2K boxes, not the NT boxes.

We both have a WINS server. The two boxes cannot ping each other, so WINS does not replicate as it should.

Could this be a WINS/DNS problem or is it something else entirely? Where do I begin?

3 replies

by jlbpotter

When you ping are you pinging by name or IP address? If you are pinging by name and it doesn't work and pinging by IP does work then it is probably a WINS issue. If you can't ping by IP then it is more than likely a network issue.

This discussion is closed to new replies.