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Chiggins
Asked: 2011-02-21 22:55:05 +0800 CST

Network Path not found while joining Active Directory

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So I have an Amazon EC2 box running Windows Server 2008 with Active Directory installed on it. I also have a Windows 7 virtual machine, which is set to use the Active Directory box as its DNS and WINS server. I'm trying to join the virtual machine to the domain, and I'm asked for authentication. I give authentication, wait a minute, and I get an error saying:

The following error occurred attempting to join the domain "ad.chigs.me":

The network path was not found.

How can I fix this so that I'll be able to join the domain?

windows-server-2008 active-directory

7 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Problems like this are always due to DNS.

    Try the following commands from the PC you are trying to join to the domain

    nslookup ad
nslookup ad.chigs.me

    They should both resolve if you've got everything configured correctly.

    It would be beneficial if you would include the output of ipconfig /all and ip details for your domain controllers within your question.

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  2. Never tinkered with EC2, but my 2 cents,

    From your Virtual client machine, do a ping ad or ping ad.chigs.me, if its able to ping, then it means that the server and client are reachable.

    Also check the subnet and other network settings to ensure that they both are on the same network

    Other issue being the COnnection Specific DNS Suffix and DNS Suffic search order

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  3. Just disable the second NIC, join the domain, and restart. Then you can re-enable the other NIC.

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  4. this has worked for me in XP not sure if it will on Win 7

    try running the windows 7 VM in safe mode and then adding it to the domain.

    regards

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  5. Had the same issue, even though DNS looked fine - rebooting the server fixed it. Here's the details:

    • Server had dropped off domain
    • Logged in as local admin, joined server to WORKGROUP
    • Attempted to rejoin the domain (without rebooting) - error "Network Path was not found"
    • IPCONFIG /ALL showed a valid DNS server
    • ping domain.local OK
    • NSLOOKUP domain.local OK
    • Rebooted and was able to join the domain with no issues
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  6. check port 445, it shoudnt be blocked on AD.

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  7. This is an old post but I've come across it a few times. IPV6 can cause problems in the DNS if not configured correctly. Disable it in the NIC, try again and change setting permanently.

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