Join Domain From A Remote Location

[lj5000]

We have two locations in our company and two different networks which are connected together.

I am on 192.168.1.1 and Windows 2008 server is on 192.168.2.1 - I can see everything on .2.1, I can ping it etc..

I would like to know if it is possible to join a domain on .2.1 - where Windows 2008 server is from my location .1.1.

I always get this message:

Note: This information is intended for a network administrator. If you are not your network's administrator, notify the administrator that you received this information, which has been recorded in the file C:\Windows\debug\dcdiag.txt.

The domain name "domainname" might be a NetBIOS domain name. If this is the case, verify that the domain name is properly registered with WINS.

If you are certain that the name is not a NetBIOS domain name, then the following information can help you troubleshoot your DNS configuration.

The following error occurred when DNS was queried for the service location (SRV) resource record used to locate an Active Directory Domain Controller (AD DC) for domain "domainname":

The error was: "DNS name does not exist."
(error code 0x0000232B RCODE_NAME_ERROR)

The query was for the SRV record for _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.domainname

Common causes of this error include the following:

- The DNS SRV records required to locate a AD DC for the domain are not registered in DNS. These records are registered with a DNS server automatically when a AD DC is added to a domain. They are updated by the AD DC at set intervals. This computer is configured to use DNS servers with the following IP addresses:

84.255.210.79
84.255.209.79

- One or more of the following zones do not include delegation to its child zone:

domainname
. (the root zone)

I have around 15 desktop computers that I have to join with domain and domain server is a few kilometers away. Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[ICTCity]

Of course you can... but not with that settings!

As the message says:

This computer is configured to use DNS servers with the following IP addresses:

84.255.210.79
84.255.209.79

Actually both IP are yours EXTERNALS DNS which don't know ANYTHING about the other domain.

Set the clients DNS servers with IPs of your DNS (internal - DC), you will notice that you can join your domain now

 

[lj5000]

Ok, so let's say the IP of DC is 192.168.2.30 - do I put that as DNS for my client computers?

 

[ICTCity]

well usually yes... but everything depends on if your DC is a DNS server too... but usually yes.