Event ID 1054

[Tone-man 123]

Hi:
Running Server 2003, SP2.
I've been getting a lot of event ID 1054 in the Application logs, anywhere
from every 5 minutes to 30 minutes.
Windows cannot obtain the domain controller name for your computer network.
(An unexpected network error occurred. ). Group Policy processing aborted.

I've looked at articles talking about NIC issues. I've tried setting the NIC
to 1000Mbps/Full Duplex with no luck. I've even tried a 3rd party NIC, with
no change.

I've even seen a few people posting that this particular server having this
problem: it's an HP DL385.
I've got two DL385's, and they both have the problem, but I have two DL38's
and neither of those have the problem, with almost identical software on each
server.

Could there be some hardware difference in this model causing the problem?

The server is a DC, and it most certainly can find a domain controller for
the domain, because when I ping the FQDN of the domain, the server returns
its own IP. So it knows about the domain and that it's a DC.

How do I go about troubleshooting this?
Thanks,
Tony

[Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]]

Hello Tone-man 123,

This can belong to DNS configuration, please post an unedited ipconfig /all
from the DC/DNS server and if exist also from another domain machine so we
can check this first.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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Post by Tone-man 123
Running Server 2003, SP2.
I've been getting a lot of event ID 1054 in the Application logs, anywhere
from every 5 minutes to 30 minutes.
Windows cannot obtain the domain controller name for your computer network.
(An unexpected network error occurred. ). Group Policy processing aborted.
I've looked at articles talking about NIC issues. I've tried setting
the NIC to 1000Mbps/Full Duplex with no luck. I've even tried a 3rd
party NIC, with no change.
I've even seen a few people posting that this particular server having this
problem: it's an HP DL385.
I've got two DL385's, and they both have the problem, but I have two DL38's
and neither of those have the problem, with almost identical software on each
server.
Could there be some hardware difference in this model causing the problem?
The server is a DC, and it most certainly can find a domain controller
for the domain, because when I ping the FQDN of the domain, the server
returns its own IP. So it knows about the domain and that it's a DC.
How do I go about troubleshooting this?
Thanks,
Ton

[Tone-man 123]

Post by Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]
This can belong to DNS configuration, please post an unedited ipconfig /all
from the DC/DNS server and if exist also from another domain machine so we
can check this first.

Here's the ipconfig from the DC that's showing the event 1054 errors:
(note: domain names edited for privacy)

C:\>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : S119DC02
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Mydomain.SubDomain.dom
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : Mydomain.SubDomain.dom
SubDomain.dom

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 4:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 PT Desktop Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-17-72-E7-52
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.119.1.11
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.248.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.119.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.119.1.11
10.119.1.10




Here's the info from the other DC, not having this problem.

C:\>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : s119dc01
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Mydomain.SubDomain.dom
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : Mydomain.SubDomain.dom
SubDomain.dom

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : HP NC7761 Gigabit Server Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-A4-0F-06-C8
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.119.1.10
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.248.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.119.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.119.1.10
10.119.1.11


Thanks for your help!

[John]

did it solved? I got the same issue. Thanks.

Post by Tone-man 123

Post by Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]
This can belong to DNS configuration, please post an unedited ipconfig /all
from the DC/DNS server and if exist also from another domain machine so we
can check this first.

(note: domain names edited for privacy)
C:\>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : S119DC02
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Mydomain.SubDomain.dom
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : Mydomain.SubDomain.dom
SubDomain.dom
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 PT Desktop Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-17-72-E7-52
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.119.1.11
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.248.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.119.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.119.1.11
10.119.1.10
Here's the info from the other DC, not having this problem.
C:\>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : s119dc01
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Mydomain.SubDomain.dom
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : Mydomain.SubDomain.dom
SubDomain.dom
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : HP NC7761 Gigabit Server Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-A4-0F-06-C8
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.119.1.10
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.248.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.119.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.119.1.10
10.119.1.11
Thanks for your help!