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lcw1982_107422
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Aug 14, 2009

Problem joining domain behind NAT environment

Hi,

 

 

I am using the LTM to do NAT for all my servers, including the Domain Controller. (e.g phy IP is 10.10.10.10; virtual IP is 100.20.20.10). It seems that when the clients (in subnet 100.20.20.x) try to join domain, there is problem with DNS resolution.

 

 

Is there a workaround for this? This may not be due to the LTM configuration, but rather on teh client or DC server itself. Appreciate any advice or help.

 

 

Thanks
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  • dennypayne's avatar
    dennypayne
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    Aug 14, 2009
    I have found that a lot of the Windows AD stuff doesn't survive a NAT. There may be configuration options on the DC to help with this, but I'm not that knowledgeable about AD.

     

     

    I have fixed this in the past by using a forwarding virtual server (wildcard 0.0.0.0:0 or restricted to the 10.10.10.0:0 network in your case), using the IP Forwarding type, that allows the LTM to basically act like a router. You will likely also need a static route on whatever the LTM's gateway is to point to the LTM floating IP as the next hop to get to 10.10.10.0.

     

     

    Denny
  • marras_58269's avatar
    marras_58269
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    Oct 23, 2009
    Make sure you do a fully qualified domain name for it - what is often happening is that behind a firewall (including F5s) browsing doesn't work. So adding to "DOMAINNAME" fails, but adding to "DOMAINNAME.something" will work because that will use straight DNS to resolve. (Okay, at least in Win2000+, which I'm assuming you are talking about.)