WinNT network problem

[Furton]

Any advice appriciated on this matter.

I'm helping to add another computer to a existing network but I've run into some difficulties

I am adding a WinXP Pro computer to a WinNT 4.5 server which currently has another 8 WinXP pro computers connected to it.
I started off by giving this workstation the correct IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, and both DNS servers.
I then went onto the WinNT server and went into user manager for domains.
Added a new user called "SP", assigned the PW and chose some pw options.
Then after confirming the e-mail address Exchange creates is correct I went to server manager and went to "add to domain", added it as Win NT workstation and typed in the name of the computer "SPARE"

Back on the workstaion I went to right click My Comp, properties, computer name, network ID, selected that this PC is part of a business network, my company uses a network with a domain, then typed in the user and PW I entered on the WinNT server and the domain.

Then I click next, it then says windows cannot find the account for this computer on the domain and asks me to enter the computer name and computer domain again. Then I get the error "The network path could not be found"

Strange thing is though, is that I can browse the internet fine, which goes through the server, but I can't ping the server from this workstation to the server.

Any advice about this problem?

[Furton]

The following error occurred when DNS was queried for the service location (SRV) resource record used to locate a domain controller for domain IFAMS.CO.UK:

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.IFAMS.CO.UK

Common causes of this error include the following:

- The DNS SRV record is not registered in DNS.

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

IFAMS.CO.UK
CO.UK
UK
. (the root zone)

For information about correcting this problem, click Help.

That is the exact error msg

[Grogan]

Is the Windows XP connection firewall or other firewall software enabled on the Local Area Network connection? If you have TCP/IP connectivity to the server, you should be able to ping. Ping has nothing to do with domain authentication or anything.

Now, to add a computer to the domain, in addition to adding the computer in Server Manager on the domain controller you have to supply the credentials of a domain administrator (e.g. Administrator on the PDC) when joining the workstation to the domain.

[Grogan]

Make sure Netbios over TCP/IP is enabled on the Windows XP Computer. (does your network even have a DNS server?)

See the following:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314366

[Furton]

It is enabled and I assume we have a DNS server. The odd thing is that the settings for this comp are the same as on the other comps except it doesn't connect to the local domain.

Got any other ideas?

[Grogan]

The other part of the article says "If TCP/IP is the only protocol installed". Sometimes it helps to add Netbeui (by using an .inf file that's on the Windows XP CD in the valueadd directory) or IPX/SPX strangely enough. Not that these protocols should be needed, just that installing one probably fixes what's wrong with your plumbing.

[TJM4FUN]

something off the wall here, have you checked the wins server
setting? if your network uses it. tcpip prperties, advanced.
check the settings there, you will get that no network path error.

[Furton]

What should the WinS server settings be?

[Furton]

Duh, feel so stupid now, didn't add the new comp's IP address into the trusted zone so they couldn't talk to each other, always the simple things:D