Setting up trusts

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Folks, I have another problem. I am setting up a test network to I can practice administering group scopes with different domains. I have 2 2003 Server domains and a router. The router is static, does not handle DHCP but does connect to my ISP for broadband. Each domain is configured to run DHCP. I am trying to setup trust relationships between the 2 domains. They are in separate forrests also.

When I try to Validate the trusts it says that "Windows cannot find a domain controller for the xyz.com domain. Verify that a DC is available and then try again". I can ping the other DC by name and IP address. With NSLOOKUP however, I get the message:

***Can't find server name for address 30.0.0.1: Non-existant domain
Server: UnKnown
Address: 30.0.0.1

Non-authoratative answer:
Name: xyz.com
Address: 213.171.191.236

I setup a basic DNS configuration (my first time setting up DNS) on both servers. nbtstat-c brings up the standard 4 entries for group and unique records for the other domain.

Any ideas? I get the feeling I have made a mistake with the DNS config?

 

Thanks for your advice. I have discovered a much more basic problem which is a problem with the computer account. It appears to have corrupted. I am reinstalling (after repair failed). I will have to try again then.