[windows2000] Re: Unable to connect to domain

  • From: "Ron Leach" <rleach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 14:36:47 -0400

Try changing cable or switchport

 

Voila!  That's what it was.  The switchport.  Thanks for your help.  I try
to figure a lot of these things out on my own but when I get up against it
you guys are the ones to turn to.  

 

Thanks again.

 

  _____  

From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Lane
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 10:05 AM
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] Re: Unable to connect to domain

 

Can you ping your DC by name?  By IP?  Can your DC ping your member server?
Try changing cable or switchport.  Sometimes it is not the NIC.  Do you have
a nightly cleaning crew?  I have known them to accidentally unhook things
and try to fix it themselves by plugging into the wrong port, etc.  Green
light is often a link light, and there is often another that flashes for
activity.  Sounds like you have no activity.

-----Original Message-----
From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ron Leach
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 9:50 AM
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] Unable to connect to domain

Good Morning List,

 

We have a simple small business network.  One domain controller, one member
server (accounting & bookkeeping) and ~25 workstations.  Windows 2000 Server
with Win2k & Win XP clients.

 

I come in this morning and I start receiving complaints that users cannot
print jobs from the printer that is installed on the member server.  Upon
investigating a little further I find that the backup job on the same member
server failed.  The reason being that the user's logon account for the
backup service was rejected.  Event log states that 'No domain controller
could be contacted.'  I know that this is not correct because everyone can
login, connect to network shares (on the dc) and print (printers installed
on the dc).

 

No dns changes have been made. The only other event that was different was
that we installed an ODBC driver on the member server yesterday.  I have
since removed it.  I'm beginning to wonder if the nic has gone bad???  It
has a green status light but.  

 

I tried disjoining the member server from the domain and re-joining but now
it says it does not recognize the domain name.

 

Any insight would be very much appreciated!

 

Thanks 

 

Ron

 

 

 

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