You do have a SRV record in your DNS pointing to required _kerberos._tcp.$domain (usually don't need to have krb5.conf configured because if this). If not, you should be able to choose the DC IP address on the net add join command line. ..giving IT infrastructure advice from corner of pub. The internet has a lot to answer for! ;) alan -- This smartphone has free worldwide WiFi access using eduroam. Now. that IS smart.