can't join domain in site to site VPN

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It is better to have WINS server for VPN name resolution. Add WINS may fix the problem.

Does Windows 2000/2003 domain needs WINSDoes Windows 2000/2003 domain needs WINS. Q1: Is there a definitive list of the services and operations that will no longer work in Windows 2003 Server if ...
www.howtonetworking.com/server/wins1.htm


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"El CiD" <yaderwong> wrote in message news:hdelg3d2jk35tcqql85q7bjtdjt1etcfnf@4ax.com...
> Hello,
>
> I have a remote office in ottowa that I wish to setup a site to site
> vpn.
>
> I have two cisco 1811 routers. Site to Site vpn is configured on both
> routers.
>
> I can ping the dns server, and I can do a dnslookup as well.
>
> however, I am not able to join the pc to the domain.
>
> When asked for the user and password, I attempted at giving it a fake
> ID. It comes back saying that the username or password is incorrect.
> This event lets me assume that it was able to resolve the domain name,
> and it tried to authenticate, since it knew the account name or
> password is not correct. When I enter the correct info, the client pc
> comes back saying that the server was not able to complete the task!
> whats more weird is that checkign AD in the domain controller, the
> computer name of the client I am attempting to join to the domain
> shows up in the list!. So, it is updating AD and creating an account
> for it. However, the client never finish the process and sits in
> limbo.
>
>
> can someone please give me any inputs?
>
> thanks a lot guys
>