In the Windows world, you 'bind' a Windows PC to AD when you specify in the My Computer Properties that it belongs to the domain instead of a workgroup or nothing. What this does is allows AD users to use their AD credentials to log into the computer and then as they utilize resources on the network, depending on how the authentication was already set up, they might not ever have to reenter their name and password again. There's more to it than that, but that's the essentials. OS X allows a similar thing through the Directory Utility with similar results. In the Window work if you remove a PC from the domain and take it back to a workgroup, that is equivalent to unbinding the PC from AD. Users can no longer log in to the PC with their AD credentials and you'd always have to give an AD user name and password to utilize most network resources.
It's not quite that dramatic with the Mac since OS X has the keychain. If you log onto OS X with a local user name you can still access network resources as long as you enter in an appropriate AD user credentials. The difference is that you can save it in the keychain and then not be bothered with it again. LDAP is Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. It's basically the protocol that is used to query an directory services database for information. It's basically how you or any directory service aware application talks to the directory.
The dialog box in network preferences said: 'Ethernet has a self-assigned IP address and will not be able to connect to the Internet' it is true, i was mucking around where i shouldn't have. The MAC address and IP address are listed under the appropriate adapter as Physical Address and IPv4 Address. You can copy the Physical Address and IPv4 Address from the command prompt by right clicking in the command prompt and clicking Mark.
In the case of Windows that is AD. Flashaction, did you try my steps outlined to remove your Macintosh from your AD infrastructure?
Also could you please post what is experienced when you Mac stops communicating in your AD infrastructure? Here are my steps again.:. To unbind the machine from AD, go in to your Applications/Utilities directory. Launch the Directory Services application.
Edit the Active Directory plugin and the LDAPV3 plugin. Alternatively the fast and dirty method is to open the /Library/Preferences/Direc tory Service directory, delete the contents and restart your Mac.
Although I defintely do have internet access, I noticed that in System Preferences/Network, although the W-Fi status is 'On' this statement is below: 'Wi-Fi has the self-assigned IP address 192.168.1.46 and will not be able to connect to the Internet.' There is a yellow dot preceding the 'Wi-Fi / Self-Assigned IP' icon on the far left of the System Preferences/ Network window. The Network Diagnostics shows all the items under Network Status as green. I have the original Westell 6100F modem provided by Verizon in 2008.
Is this statement: “Wi-Fi has the self-assigned IP address. & will not be able to connect to the Internet' still a problem that needs correcting? I have OS X Mavericks (10.9.5) and an Airport Time Capsule purchased in 2014. A 192.168.xxx.xxx address is usually not self assigned.
Self assigned would be 169.254.xxx.xxx addresses, which appear if a computer could not complete DHCP. It could mean that the computer is not using DHCP, but is instead set up with a Static IP in this case. Check to make sure DHCP is enabled by going to System Preferences Network select Wi-Fi / Airport select Advanced.
From here, select TCP/IP, and make sure 'Confgure IPv4' and 'Configure IPV6' are set to 'Use DHCP' and 'Use Automatically' repsectively. Then, go to the DNS tab. Clear out any servers you see here by selecting their IP Addresses and clicking the Minus sign. When you save these settings, your computer should be able to get online again. By the way, since OS X Mountain Lion has reached End of Support for software and security updates, you may want to upgrade the system to OS X El Capitan when you have a chance. It's free via the App Store. Smith6612 wrote: Check to make sure DHCP is enabled by going to System Preferences Network select Wi-Fi / Airport select Advanced.
From here, select TCP/IP, and make sure 'Configure IPV6'.set to 'Use Automatically'. Then, go to the DNS tab.
Clear out any servers you see here by selecting their IP Addresses and clicking the Minus sign. By the way, since OS X Mountain Lion has reached End of Support for software and security updates, you may want to upgrade the system to OS X El Capitan when you have a chance. It's free via the App Store. Thanks so much. By the way, I have Mavericks OS 10.9.5.
This was the window before before I tried your suggestion. 'Configure IPV6' was set to 'Link-local'. In the DNS tab. The Minus sign was not available. This is the window now.