Domain – Cannot Join Domain by Name but can Ping DC IP and Domain Name

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I am trying to connect a Windows 7 client to a Domain, the Domain was created on Windows 2012 Server (Core Version) and is fully working on that.

From the Win 7 Client, I can Ping "10.0.0.2" and "xyz.com", but I cannot seem to Join the Domain.

The following error occurs:

Could Not Be contacted Error

Also the Win 7 Client IP is in the same range as the DC (Client – 10.0.0.20) and (DC – 10.0.0.2)

And the Client DNS IP is set to the Servers IP.

Best Answer

I have almost the same issue. And it's solved by check DNS settings on the client. Write your DC ip address in the client DNS box and reboot to make it effect.

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