Hmm.. SMB ( Server Messaging Block ) connectivity is not your problem. I have an old Beige G3 Macintosh running Mac OS Tiger 10.4 and have no problem with Microsoft DNS resolving names, as a matter of Fact at Grand Central Communication we had well over 10 G5's with Panther 10.3 and our Internal DNS was hosted on the Active Directory 2000 controllers, and they also had no problems with our Linux and Solaris systems. This really sounds like a problem with your installation on your Macintosh. What type of Macintosh and what version of the OS are you running. Are you running NT 4 servers requiring WINS or is everything Windows 2000 or 2003?
Also this site is very helpful, http://www.macwindows.com/ Sincerely, Jose Medeiros ADP | National Account Services ProBusiness Division | Information Services 925.737.7967 | 408-449-6621 CELL -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Etts, Russell Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 1:59 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] MAC and DNS - off topic Hi Susan Thank you VERY much for this info!!! I'm book marking this Blog!!!! Thanks Russ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 4:02 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] MAC and DNS Lessons Learned: Connecting a Macintosh to SBS 2003 Server via SMB: http://simultaneouspancakes.com/Lessons/archives/2004/12/connecting_a_ma .shtml What version of Macs? shereen naser wrote: > Hi list, > I have a MAC lab in a windows 2000 network eniroment, the MACs take an > automatic IP and work fine but they can't resolve names, the MAC users > can only reach resources by suppliying the IP address of the resource > (on the windows 2000) even if I put the DNS server IP static on the > MAC it still can't resolve the windows names, how can I solve this? List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/