Can't Configure Dhcp & Dns With Windows 2000

[emil_lam]

Hi,

Hope this message is not too long for you :o

I installed windows 2000 server in my harddisk with 2 NTFS partitions

(server installed at C:). After boot up and installing necessary

video, sound drivers, my computer successfully boot up as a standalone

machine.

Next, I started to configure DHCP & DNS. Since I have only one hub and

several computers available, I determined to configure this win2000

configured PC as domain controller, DHCP & DNS servers. I clicked

select DHCP & DNS under networking services component and told

installation wizard to install at least (actually I also selected IIS,

WINS, etc). According to display, these services were installed.

Besides, I assigned a fixed IP 192.168.1.1/24 to this win2000 PC under

IP property sheet. I also assigned 192.168.1.1 as default gateway

primary DNS address.

As I rebooted the PC, windows prompted me at least one peripheral

device or driver program encountered error. I opened DHCP & DNS

configuration and found that both DHCP & DNS not started at all

although configuration setting window told me selected components had

been installed.

I typed ipconfig /all and found that IP address, subnet mask, default

gateway address and DNS servers address were assigned as expected.

I opened DHCP configuration tool, originally under DHCP tree there was

nothing there. So I assigned a new server and entered 192.168.1.1, the

tool then popped up the server's name (my case called 1700ibm40g which

was my computer's name recognized by windows 2000). Still, the DHCP

tool told me that it couldn't find the DHCP server (but this PC should

be the DHCP server!), error is link control code invalid (I don't know

if the original English text is exactly this since I translate the

original Chinese text directly).

I opened DNS configuration tool, similar error found. It told me

windows couldn't contact DNS server (again, this PC was assigned by me

as DNS server as well!).

I checked event log and found below messages (I translated them from

Chinese so the actual English version message may not be that):

Application log

Msg 1:

Source: PerfNet

Event Id: 2002

Description: Can't start server service

Error DWORD 0 (byte value 0000: 34 00 00 c0)

Msg 2:

Source: PerfNet

Event Id: 2004

Description: Can't open redirection service

Error DWORD 0 (byte value 0000: 34 00 00 c0)

Msg 3:

Source: ESENT

Event Id: 101

Description: tcpsvcs (616) database engine has been stopped

Security log

Empty

System log

Msg1:

Source: Service Control Manager

Event Id: 7023

Description: DHCP Server service stopped because of below error:

Unknown certification service.

Msg2:

Source: DhcpServer

Event Id: 1008

Description: DHCP service shutdown because of below error: unknown

certification service.

Error bytes 0000: d3 06 00 00

Msg2:

Source: DhcpServer

Event Id: 1006

Description: DHCP service shutdown because of below error: unknown

certification service.

Error bytes 0000: d3 06 00 00

Msg3:

Source: Service Control Manager

Event Id: 7003

Description: DNS Server service is dependent on below non-existent

service: NTLmSsp

DNS Server log

Empty

I checked the services status and found that DHCP client and DNS

client services were started but DHCP server & DNS server service

status were empty.

Of course, the active directory service was not working. I've tried

force install it with installation wizard following troubleshooting

guideline but it failed (with general error) after I assigned the

domain name (I tried magic-pro.com, magic-pro.local, 1700ibm80g.com,

1700ibm80g.local but all failed) & NETBIOS name.

I read through help file accompanied server installation CDs and found

no cases describing how to troubleshoot my case. :angry: annoy

To test network connection from my windows 2000 server really works. I

do the followings:

1. I connect my server PC to a 10Mbps hub. Server IP set to

192.168.1.1/24 I also connect another notebook with Windows ME

installed to the same hub, notebook IP set to 192.168.1.6/24.

2. I reboot both computers and found that after reboot, both of them

can ping each other's IP successfully, meaning TCP/IP in both

computers are correct.

3. At 2000 server side, I added 'File and Printer Sharing for

Microsoft Network' & 'Client for Microsoft Networks' services besides

TCP/IP services. Also, the 2000 server PC has already been assigned to

group 'WORKGROUP' which is the same workgroup as my ME notebook.

4. After reboot, both the 2000 server & ME notebook can see each

other's computer icon. Also, as I shared all drives for full access in

my ME notebook, I can open files & launch programs in ME notebook from

my 2000 server. So I confirmed the network connection between the

computers worked somehow.

5. I tried to access 2000 server from ME notebook by double clicking

2000 server icon from ME notebook network neighbourhood list. Then a

window immediate popped up requesting me to supply password for \\2000

server\IPC$ resource. I typed enter only since I set no password for

all accounts in 2000 server. Of course I was rejected for access

further.

6. Then I added a new share name 'IBMC' my 2000 server C:. By default

everyone group is assigned full access to this new share. After I

reboot the 2 computers I retried step 5 and found the same result.

7. I added 'network', 'interactive' & 'guests' groups to the share

'IBMC' and assign them full access to C: of my 2000 server. I reboot

both computers again. This time when I tried access 2000 server from

ME notebook, I got error message 'Unable to access \\2000 server'

because there is no privilege to the resource.

I would like to ask below questions:

1. After trying step 1-4 I can certain that network connection between

my 2000 server & any external computer is no problem even at

application level. But this applies to when I configure fixed IP

addresses to concerned computer only. I still couldn't configure DHCP

in my 2000 server (see past text for details). I would like to know

why and what can I do now.

2. Even if I can 'bring' my 2000 server (NTFS partition) to my private

network, I still couldn't make other computers to access directories

in this server. Why will this happens ? What can I do to enable

sharing of directories from this server ?

:help: :help: :help: laughing :ph34r: :P