Thread-topic: Attempting Active Directory Bindings in 10.4.3
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On 11/17/05 1:38 PM, "Phillip Burk" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>>>> I'd set a preferred DC and see how that goes. Sometimes if DNS
>>>> can't
>>>> return the DC address you'll have this issue.
>>>
>>> By name or by IP address?
>>>
>> If you are going to do this, I would use the IP address. It could be
>> that the AD domain's DNS servers aren't returning the correct
>> information
>> to the client. Although, you probably wouldn't have been able to
>> bind to
>> AD if it wasn't working on some level. In any case, the IP address
>> will
>> eliminate the DNS server from the equation.
>
> I'd recommend both ways. First by FQDN simply because that's how we
> do it here. Then try via IP address. The reason for FQDN is that
> someday your DC will be upgraded and it's IP address may change. Of
> course if DNS is the issue that's something else entirely...
>
Okay, tried this with the name of one of our four DCs (after trying IP
addresses on two of them). No change.
>>>> Any other networking issues? Duplex mismatch can cause problems but
>>>> that's admittedly a reach.
>>>
>>> The iMac is on wireless, but we've got 20 PC laptops in a wireless
>>> cart in
>>> the same location, and they log into the domain.
>
> Have you tried via a wired connection?
>
Tried this too. Still no joy. I'm starting to wonder if there IS something I
have to configure on the Windows 2003 servers for Tiger that I didn't have
to do for the Panther clients.
--
John Buell
Computer Technician
Kane County School District 129
North Aurora, Aurora and Montgomery, IL
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