hello i am having another kinda problem and i was wondering if anyone has come across this i got my DNS and AD working as it seems but still can't get my client machines to connect to the domain and also when i do a NSlookup it comes back with a (reapersdomain.reapers.local can't find nslookup: Non-existent domain can some one help me PLZ!!!

we need more details to help. quoted form http://www.ms-mvps.com Troubleshooting the Domain Locator Process 1) Check Event Viewer on both the client and the DNS server for any errors. Verify that the IP configuration is correct for your network by using ipconfig /all. Ping both the DNS IP address and the DNS server name to verify network connectivity and name resolution. . Use nslookup servername.domain.com command to verify that DNS entries are correctly registered in DNS. If nslookup command does not succeed, use one of the following methods to reregister records with DNS: a) force host record registration by using ipconfig /registerdns; b) force domain controller service registration by stopping/restarting the Netlogon service. If you still have the same issue, use Network Monitor to monitor network traffic between the client and the domain controller. Robert, MS-MVP, MCSE and CNE Networking, Internet, routing & VPN Support, Tips and FAQs on http://www.ms-mvps.com

i can't get any clients on the DOMAIN at all nslookup tell me the domain is non-existent i have done everything from restarting netlogon to forcing the ipconfig it also says my adderss for server blah.local: timed out i also get non-existent i have my nic card setup right i have followed HOWTO's i am at a loss someone PLZ HELP ME

Make sure your SOA and NS records are pointing to your DNS own A record. If you don't have an A record for the DNS machine, create one, and then double-click on the SOA record, click edit..., browse to the A record, click resolve, click OK. Do the same thing for the NS record. Run nslookup again. Run netdiag.exe and check its log, to see what you get...

I just introduced the same errors by changing the server ip-address after installing DNS / running DCpromo. The last comment helped me solve it. In addition, I had to remove an obsolete A record, and perform the steps mentioned above on the Reverse Lookup Zone. Thx!