[andyc209]

Put this in the wrong forum originally so here is hoping you network guys can help

This is from a PC guy so I apologise for the question...

We have Macs on OS9 and 10 that connect to a Mac Server which are all joined to the main Domain on the PC server.

Each machine PC or Mac has a fixed IP address in their TCP/IP.

I can put any ip in our range in a PC and it be able to join the domain. Problem is the MACs will not let me do this, there are a number of MACs already on the network but if I get a new machine in I cannot add it to the domain as it will not accept any IP address.

is there something I need to be looking for on the MACs. They have no predefined range as the current MACs have a range of IP's e.g. *.*.*.12 to *.*.*.212

do the MACs 'store' any IP addresses so they cannot be used again?

thanks for any help

[f1000]

Is there any kind of MAC address filtering going on in the server?

Note, MAC = Media Access Control, not Macintosh.

[andyc209]

No, my PC server is an old NT4 server and the Mac server is running OS9.
I know I have not setup anything on the PC server for filtering

[ghporter]

I'm no domain expert, but I'll bet that the problem has to do with the Macs not being able to join the domain, not that they aren't joining the network. Take a look at the Samba HOWTO library to see how Samba lets you deal with joining and authenticating with domains. It might help.

[larkost]

The important thing here is what you mean by "joining the domain". Do you mean authentication? Are you just doing file share?

What exactly is the problem? Error messages are important.