I am trying to setup a virtual network with a Windows 2003 Server with AD, DNS, DHCP, File Share etc and an XP Pro Client that connects to it.
The host PC is running XP Home with 3GB RAM and is getting it's IP (currently 192.168.0.6) from DHCP router address 192.168.0.1
I have setup the virtual machines and both work fine by themselves. I now come to getting them to see each other. I have configured the 2003 Server to have 2 NIC's - one is Bridged - set as a NAT External facing router connection, the other NIC is set to Custom VMNet2. The XP NIC is set to Custom VMNet2.
My problem comes when trying to connect the XP workstation to the domain. I can ping the Server by IP. When I try putting in the domain name "testing.local" in system properties I get the error : "The Format of the specified name is invalid", if I just enter the NetBios name of "training" I get the domain controller could not be contacted.
I can ping by IP server to client and client to server but not my name, which makes me suspect a DNS issue.
I've read a lot of posts on the forum and tried a lot of variations of dns settings/subnets but I'm stabbing in the dark at the moment and it's driving me mad!
I've been looking for a good detailed for setting up what I would've thought would be quite a common setup for learning but haven't found much. Can someone suggest what I'm doing wrong/correct DNS settings
thanks in advance
Virtual Win 2K3 Server IP Config:
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : testServer1
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : training.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : training.local
Ethernet adapter Ext Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : AMD PCNET Family PCI Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-29-FD-0C-F0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.50
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 127.0.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
Ethernet adapter Int Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : AMD PCNET Family PCI Ethernet Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-29-FD-0C-FA
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.5
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 127.0.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
XP Virtual Workstation IP Config:
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : tesclient
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : testing.local
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : testing.local
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : AMD PCNET Family PCI Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-29-C2-E4-26
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.10
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.5
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.5
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.5
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.5
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 26 July 2007 22:26:22
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 06 August 2007 01:26:22
Thanks in advance
