Add new server to the domain question

[ceres]

I installed windows server 2003 on a server machine as a member of domain. After installation, I can see the computer name is added into Active Directory User and Computer -> mydomain ->Computers, and I also can see the IP address of this machine in DHCP Active IP table, I can see this machine under Entire Network ->mydomain from other members, I added the computer name and IP address to DNS.
The question is that I can ping other members of domain on this machine, but cannot ping this machine on any others. What should I do to fix it?

Thanks a lot

 

[Stitch]

Ceres, did you ping the machine by name or by IP? If the name doesn't work, I would look into DNS to resovle this problem; you can use nslookup to double check. If neither name or IP works, then it needs further investigation.

Also, sounds you configured the server using DHCP and added a DNS entry for a dynamic IP? It might work but also might cause confusion in the network. I would recommend to use DHCP with reserved IP range for fixed IP machines like servers.

Last thing, just curious, if I am not mistaken, Windows Server 2003 will ask you to update or something as the last step of your configuration after your finished all the installation(can't remember excatly what it was) and it will warn you by doing so it will open the incoming network traffic,blah blah......did you see this pop up?

 

[ceres]

thanks Stitch

I tried to ping both name and IP, they don't work.

Yes, I added dynamic IP to DNS because there are two network adapters in new machine. Could that cause the problem? I have another machine installed windows XP in the LAN, with two network adapters one configured as static and another is dynamic, I still can ping it.

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Last thing, just curious, if I am not mistaken, Windows Server 2003 will ask you to update or something as the last step of your configuration after your finished all the installation(can't remember excatly what it was) and it will warn you by doing so it will open the incoming network traffic,blah blah......did you see this pop up?
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I don't think I saw this.

 

[Stitch]

I would narrow down the problem by starting from the simplest situation. Two NICs maybe, just maybe the problem cause I saw similar problem happened on some laptop with wireless and wire connection. Yes, start with just one NIC and using Static IP, see if it works. Also, what did the ipconfig tell you?

So, it never prompt anything tells u it gonna open the incoming traffic? Hummm.......maybe I messed R2 with the old version up. Sorry.

 

[ceres]

The Problem is fixed. I didn't do anything, just waited for a night, and problem gone away, I think this is DHCP server problem and it update at sometime point. And I configure one network adapter as static IP, it works as well.

Thanks for your help and time

 

[Stitch]

Good good