Ok, This may seem like a trivial question but I want to get this right "the first time around." I have two windows 2000 servers ready for configuration. One is already set up as the Domain Controller, with Active Directory, WINS, DNS server, Exchange, DHCP etc. server, according to isaserver tutorials (thanks for the gerat work). The uplink to the internet was not connected. (necessary?) The second server will become the ISA server. Here is the problem: I am not sure how to bring the ISA server into the Domain as a "member-server" as suggested. I am familiar with ISA and DNS (seems fine) But i cannot get the ISA server to connect to the domain. [RPC server is unavailable] There is an A record on the DNS server pointed to the isa host. DNS/GW IP is configured as provided in tutorials. What am i doing wrong here? thanks in advance. .frihani