OSX Server Add Computers To Domain

[DoFoT9]

No setting that I know of.

I have wireless clients working just fine here. Is the machine actually connected to Wi-Fi when you are trying to log in?

yes all machines are connected to my home wireless. all machines can be ping'd and can ping the server, its just a setting somewhere.

when you setup the machine in WGM - you have to specify a MAC address, does it matter which you use? should the other one still work? this is all very confusing...

 

[calderone]

What I am asking is if they are connected when you are at the login window?

It should not matter, I have a Macbook working over wireless and WGM has the en0 Mac. I have also had an Air working, in this case it was using the Airport MAC address.

Try this:

1. Unbind the iMac.
2. Remove the WGM computer record.
3. In Server Admin, enable and require authenticated binding (also known as trusted binding, I will leave it up to you to figure this out)
4. Bind the iMac again.

The record will be created automatically, let the trusted bind do the work.

 

[DoFoT9]

What I am asking is if they are connected when you are at the login window?

well, at the same time i am using Apple Remote Desktop on the same machine (using the local account) which has a connection.. so i am presuming that it keeps the connection. the green light is in "network accounts available"

It should not matter, I have a Macbook working over wireless and WGM has the en0 Mac. I have also had an Air working, in this case it was using the Airport MAC address.

right ok thanks for clarifying that, i presumed that but wasnt sure

Try this:

1. Unbind the iMac.
2. Remove the WGM computer record.
3. In Server Admin, enable and require authenticated binding (also known as trusted binding, I will leave it up to you to figure this out)
4. Bind the iMac again.

The record will be created automatically, let the trusted bind do the work.

will do this soon just going shopping sorry to bother you yet again, im sure i will figure it out. thank you so so much!

 

[DoFoT9]

gonna die soon. correctly have everything working - have enabled "require auth binding" like was instructed, then readded machine - everything went ok. and its still having a spastic lol.

i will figure it out. so determined now! haha

got the MBP working on wireless now!

now to get this blasted imac

 

[calderone]

Check the logs, that is the best way to figure out what is happening.

When you said you "added" the machine do you mean you bound the machine to the server?

And have you checked that the iMas is able to find your server via DNS lookup?

 

[DoFoT9]

Check the logs, that is the best way to figure out what is happening.

When you said you "added" the machine do you mean you bound the machine to the server?

And have you checked that the iMas is able to find your server via DNS lookup?

got it all sorted! the iMac wanted some time to "refresh" with the DNS i think.. seems to be working great now

thank you so much calderone for your patience

 

[calderone]

In the future do this:

dscacheutil -flushcache

To flush the DNS cache on the machine.

 

[DoFoT9]

In the future do this:

dscacheutil -flushcache

To flush the DNS cache on the machine.

guess i should have asked eh?

cheers