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This document provides instructions for connecting a Macintosh running Mac OS X 10.4 to an SBS 2003 server. This document was prepared using Mac OS X 10.4.10, but should apply to any later updates to 10.4. The server used to develop these screen shots has an internal domain with a .lan suffix. These steps should work with any internal domain suffix, including .local. This document makes several assumptions:
- The SBS server is a healthy setup and is configured according to best practices (DHCP running on the server, private IP address range on the internal network, etc.).
- The Macintosh has been updated with the latest available security patches from Apple.
- Open the System Preferences either by selecting the System Preferences icon in the Dock or by selecting System Preferences from the Apple menu.
- Click the Network icon under Internet & Network.
- Confirm that the Macintosh has an active network connection in Network Status. Double-click on the active network adapter.
- Confirm that the network settings provided by the DHCP server are correct. The DNS Servers field will be empty and should remain that way (the DHCP server provides the DNS server entries and those are not displayed in the interface).
- Turn off IPv6 by clicking on the Configure IPv6 button and selecting Off from the available options.
- Enter the internal domain name in the Search Domains field. If the internal domain is .local, no other configuration is necessary in Mac OS 10.4.
- Click Apply Now, then close the Network panel.
- Open the hard drive and open the Applications folder by selecting the Applications icon in the navigation tree.
- Open the Utilities folder in the Applications folder.
- Open the Terminal application in the Utilities folder.
- Ping the SBS server by fully-qualified domain name (i.e., servername.domainname.local) to confirm proper DNS lookup for the FQDN. [Note: you will need to press Control-C to stop the ping process in the Terminal window.]
- Ping the SBS server by NetBIOS name (i.e., servername) to confirm proper DNS lookup for the nodename.
- Quit the Terminal application after confirming proper DNS lookup. At this point, you should have the correct network settings needed to communicate with the SBS server via DNS and IP.
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