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by flyfshmn 1 view

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Ok - here goes...W2K Client that has been on the Domain for sometime. Logged in this am, no issues that I can see. Tried our local intranet, no go. Internet is no problem. I can ping www.microsoft.com etc..., but cant ping my gateway or any server on the network. Deleted my DHCP res from the DHCP manager, removed the client from the domain to a work group and now I cant join the Domain. I have a working cable connection to the closet. I have flused and refreshed the DNS cache from local machine. I have created and assigned a static IP address for the client. I have also created a new Client name (deleteing the old from server mgr) - Still no luck...

Im in a bind here - any thoughts????

Bring 'em on

Peace
Fly

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by joshhansen

Is your internal network name resolution handled by WINS? If so, is your wins settings configured on the problem workstation?

by kenderkn

in addition to wins also check your DNS server (if on your internal LAN) and your DHCP server for ghost entries from the old machine. delete these.

then set client back to dhcp and release and renew. what errors do you get here?

also what errors are you gettign when joining a domain?

-some more questions. are you using a router for DHCP and DNS or a Server?
-is this problem repeatable on other workstations?
-have you checked the cable/changed the cable on local workstation?
-uninstall network card and all protocols and reinstall them

have had this problem before and these have usually been the cause:
corrupted tcp/ip/network configuration on local machine, bad dns configs, bad cables

one mroe thing to check. when you set tcp/ip properties to enable dhcp be sure tog o to DNS tab and check that it is also getting dns info from DHCP.

hope this helps

by flyfshmn

Thanks for the wisdom - I had already done all this. My laptop is the only culprit here. I have over 500 clients on my network and use a local DNS and WINS server. This has really stumpped me. I ended up reloading Windows and all is well. When I tried (earlier) to rejoin the Domain, I got unknown or non-existant domain error. My feeling is that the registry was corrupted just enough to run, but not to see the internal network. Ever seen this or heard of it????

by sadyer

Have you tried clearing your DNS cache (ipconfig /flushdns)? Also you can try and specify the unc of your domain as well as the short name of your domain.

Good luck,

by ctmoore1998

Since you removed the system from the domain and made it a member of a workgroup, but you can logon as the local administrator. How is the IP configuration I suspect that it is DHCP. If so then go to a command prompt and do an ipconfig /release xxxxx where xxxx is your NIC name {avail by doing IPCONFIG /all} then While it is set to be a member of a workgroup rename the PC IE if the name was workstation make it work_station or WS just change the name of it so that it is still consistent with your current naming scheme. Once you change the name then you will be prompted to reboot. reboot logon as local admin and rejoin the domain using network wizard. Note if your IP is not DHCP make sure that you verify IP config. you may want to also do aipconfig /flushdns after doing the release to ensure that DNS doesn't have a table listing for the old pc name.

by ram_ajay

Try to unauthorise and the again authorise your DHCP server, delete existing scope and create a new scope. DHCP has an option to update WINS and DNS servers check that.

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