Hello. When I try to connect a laptop to my Server 2016 Essentials domain it fails and says "cannot connect this computer to the network. The server is unavailable. Try connecting this computer again." I have also tried connecting the laptop manually via the system properties dialogue, but I get "The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted." I have had this issue on two different laptops that were new out-of-the box. I tried the following so far with no luck: Specified the Essentials server as my DNS server on the laptops and rebooted, made sure the time matched the server, tried disabling the WIFI card and only using the NIC card. I'm at a loss and any help would be appreciated. I have copied and pasted the ipconfig output from both the server and laptop.
SERVER:
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : corp.domainname.com
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : corp.domainname.com
Ethernet adapter Ethernet:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 10-BF-48-85-EE-D1
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2603:3020:2908:4ae1:3c04:2159:4018:2f32(Preferred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::3c04:2159:4018:2f32%17(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.10(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : fe80::daeb:97ff:fe2e:25e4%17
192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 51429192
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-21-39-58-89-10-BF-48-85-EE-D1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : ::1
127.0.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter isatap.{FC48064B-FFDD-4C05-A094-A8E9765F701B}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Laptop
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DESKTOP-36MKOO9
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : corp.domainname.com
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : corp.domainname.com
Ethernet adapter Ethernet:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : corp.domainname.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : E8-9A-8F-B6-1E-C0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2603:3020:2908:4ae1:5cc6:4250:37c:9cd5(Preferred)
Temporary IPv6 Address. . . . . . : 2603:3020:2908:4ae1:8df1:d3bd:6d64:99a2(Preferred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5cc6:4250:37c:9cd5%3(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.108(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, September 19, 2018 2:03:52 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, September 27, 2018 2:03:51 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : fe80::daeb:97ff:fe2e:25e4%3
192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.10
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 65575567
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-22-71-B8-77-E8-9A-8F-B6-1E-C0
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:558:feed::1
2001:558:feed::2
192.168.1.10
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.10
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Tunnel adapter isatap.corp.domainname.com:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : corp.domainname.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Teredo Tunneling Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:9d38:90d7:3041:17e3:525d:8316(Preferred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::3041:17e3:525d:8316%4(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 234881024
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-22-71-B8-77-E8-9A-8F-B6-1E-C0
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled