This is my first post to these forums. Before it is asked, yes I did a search, and all of the related issues I found are not this issue, due to all reported issues being directly related to issues with virtual environments. This is a physical, not virtual, environment issue so I started a new post. I appreciate your understanding. Also, I am not a college grad with IT background. I am an average computer user who volunteered to try to accomplish a task for a non-profit agency that cannot afford to hire professional help, so PLEASE bear with me in my lack of knowledge here. I'd really appreciate that.
I managed to configure and test a trial copy of Server 2012 Standard Edition successfully on my home network, and had it set up precisely as we wanted the network at the organization, and I had logged every step I took to setting up this network simulation in a virtual environment. With the tests successful, the organization purchased a license for Server 2012 Standard and we installed it on a Dell PowerEdge 2950 that was donated to us for this purpose. I installed Server 2012 from scratch using this license.However, following my precise steps from the cirtual test environment, I have run into a huge issue which is rendering my entire setup completely useless, and I am hoping that someone out there can assist me in curing this ASAP, as I wish to have this organization up and running before the end of the week. They are very patient, but I am looking like a fool as I told them “Yes, the network tested out and I can have it running in no time”, only to set it up then have to tell them this morning “Uh . . . I goofed and I have no clue what’s going on.”
My issue is this: I cannot connect ANY clients to the domain. When I try to connect the client to the domain, the client gives two errors:
When connecting to Christlife.net (which is what I did make the domain as when setting up in Server 2012):
“An Active Directory Domain Controller (AD DC) for the domain “Christlife.net” could not be contacted. Ensure that the domain is typed correctly. If the name is correct, click Details for troubleshooting information.”
I clicked Details and it gaveerror code 0x0000251D DNS_INFO_NO_RECORDS with a description of “No records were found for given DNS query”. The query was for the SRV record for _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.christlife.net
I then tried joining without the .net, entering just christlife for the domain. This time it immediately asked me for credentials, to which I entered my username and password for the server. After a bit of a delay, it finally comes up with the following error:
“The following error occurred attempting to join the domain “christlife”: The network path was not found.”
The domain exists. AD DS is set up. I have DNSand DHCP installed. I have the server assigned by the router to a static IP and that static IP is configured on the local adapter. At the risk of making this a long post, here are the troubleshooting steps I have taken:
In the Ethernet Properties:
//BEGIN PASTE IP CONFIG ON SERVER//
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : server
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : christlife.net
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : christlife.net
Ethernet adapter Ethernet:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom BCM5708C NetXtreme II GigE (NDIS
VBD Client) #44
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-18-8B-30-02-31
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::d477:21f:4a51:32d0%12(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.125(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 251664523
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-19-14-60-1C-00-18-8B-30-02-31
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : ::1
127.0.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Tunnel adapter isatap.{AED4A41D-EF17-4AC2-AD50-E83ED8A952D1}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 12:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
//END PASTE IP CONFIG ON SERVER//
The following is the client I am trying to connect first:
//BEGIN PASTE IP CONFIG CLIENT//
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Bookkeeper-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-18-FE-6A-43-73
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::2d96:8f51:d017:518%10(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.198(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, May 06, 2013 8:51:30 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, May 07, 2013 8:51:30 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 234887422
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-18-DA-DD-63-00-18-FE-6A-43-73
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Tunnel adapter isatap.{FEDCD3B1-3C0E-4EFE-989E-9D6CDC88CED5}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e76:188c:234a:3f57:ff39(Pref
erred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::188c:234a:3f57:ff39%12(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
//END PASTE IP CONFIG CLIENT//
Next on the Client and Server side I tried nslookup:
//BEGIN PASTE CLIENT NSLOOKUP//
C:\Users\Bookkeeper>nslookup
Default Server: UnKnown
Address: 192.168.0.1
> set type=all
> _ldap._msdcs.christlife.net
Server: UnKnown
Address: 192.168.0.1
Non-authoritative answer:
_ldap._msdcs.christlife.net internet address = 50.63.202.68
>
//END PASTE CLIENT NSLOOKUP//
//BEGIN PASTE SERVER NSLOOKUP//
C:\Users\Administrator>nslookup
Default Server: localhost
Address: ::1
> set type=all
> _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.christlife.net
Server: localhost
Address: ::1
_ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.christlife.net SRV service location:
priority = 0
weight = 100
port = 389
svr hostname = server.christlife.net
server.christlife.net internet address = 192.168.0.125
>
//END PASTE SERVER NSLOOKUP//
I am now at a loss as to where to proceed from here. Does anyone have any advice at all? I tried Google search, but every other issue I see people reporting has to do with VM environments. This is not a VM environment any longer. This is now a physical server with a physical real network. It was odd that I got it to work in a virtual environment and not in a real environment. I would have thought I would have had issues the other way around.
I thank anyone in advance for any assistance.