Re: Trouble joining PCs to Domain from Branch office through VPN ( by DonDickerson
DonDickerson
Tue May 09 21:07:01 CDT 2006
I will go over to the branch office and see. The user of the laptop reports
no problems what so ever. I will also double check each PC for any kind of
firewall that could be defeating the join.
Thanks
"John Oliver, Jr. [MVP]" wrote:
> It should not cause this issue. I would check to insure that the 4
> computers are not running any type of firewall client, say Symantec or
> Trend. Symantec now includes the firewall app within the AV Client. The
> Pix 501 configuration is a good vpn solution which I run at many SBS client
> sites. I would insure DNS resolution is happening and RPC traffic is
> passing through the tunnel. Can you browse from Network Neighborhood on
> laptop computer and see the entire domain?
>
> --
> John Oliver, Jr
> MCSE, MCT, CCNA
> Exchange MVP 2006
> Microsoft Certified Partner
>
> "Don Dickerson" <DonDickerson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:832666F3-6238-4B01-8C66-B040524D0F76@microsoft.com...
> > That is correct. The workstations are pointing to the sbs2000 server for
> > its
> > DNS server. The VPN is created using Cisco Pix 501's on each end.
> > In the event logs, there is a consistent message relating to out of
> > licenses. Can this prevent new PCs from joining the domain?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > "John Oliver, Jr. [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> What is the IP Configuration of the Branch Office computers? THe DNS
> >> Server
> >> for these clients must be the SBS 2000 Server for them to successfully
> >> join
> >> the domain. I also assume that the Cisco VPN is a dedicated VPN
> >> connection
> >> with Pix or Router?
> >>
> >> --
> >> John Oliver, Jr
> >> MCSE, MCT, CCNA
> >> Exchange MVP 2006
> >> Microsoft Certified Partner
> >>
> >> "Don Dickerson" <DonDickerson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:D6BD1B7C-F0B1-4BD6-ACC3-3CB943A95418@microsoft.com...
> >> >I have an SBS 2000 server at the home office, a 2000 member server at
> >> >the
> >> > branch office, the branch office has about 4 PCs, and when I try to
> >> > join
> >> > the
> >> > PCs to the domain, I get the following message: "The specified server
> >> > cannot
> >> > perform the requested action".
> >> > What is mystifying is that one of the PCs a laptop has already been
> >> > joined,
> >> > and works ok with no problems.
> >> > Anybody got any ideas?
> >> > Thanks
> >> > Don
> >> > PS - I originally posted this under the sbs2003, and I am now
> >> > correcting
> >> > my
> >> > ways.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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