Adding Win98 box to NT network

Do you mean you want the Win98 machine to be able to authenticate users to the NT Domain?

Assuming you have compatible network protocols running on both client and server (which you seem to be indicating) and that you have an NT domain running (which you seem to elude to) this is pretty easy. To do so you need to add the Client for Microsoft Networks under the Network settings. Then adjust the properties for that item and add your NT Domain name to the Domain field. That's pretty much it, Win9X computers don't have computer accounts in the Domain -- so you don't need to do that step.

-Heath

OK, sounds like you have a name resolving problem. Are you using WINS on your network? If so, are you setting the IP address of the WINS server in DHCP or statically?

Can you ping the PDC by its NETBIOS name on the network? i.e., "ping Server_PDC".

If WINS is not an option you can use a LMHOSTS file that tells your clients where the DC's are. Use this format:

192.168.1.1 Server_PDC #PRE #DOM:Domain

This should all be one line. The IP is the IP of your PDC, the second one is the name of your PDC and the word Domain gets replaced w/ your NT domain name. You also add your BDC's (if present) to this list.

You'll need to reboot to load this into memory (or force a reloading of IP info -- but rebooting is easier).

-Heath