Hello,
I am having a strange issue with one model of laptop. It is a Lenovo Yoga that uses USB 3.0 -> Ethernet dongle to PXE. In other words there is not a "true" NIC on the laptop. I do get to PXE and I do get to choose my task sequence. I have made sure I have an IP Address before, during and after the "Apply Network Settings" step. I have checked the unattended.xml to make sure my account is correct. Below are the logs from UnattendedGC and Debug (Setuperr.log, Setupact.log, NetSetup.log)
Setuperr.log
2014-04-16 13:08:56, Error [DJOIN.EXE] Unattended Join: NetJoinDomain failed error code is [1355]
2014-04-16 13:08:56, Error [DJOIN.EXE] Unattended Join: Unable to join; gdwError = 0x54b
Setupact.log
2014-04-16 13:01:56, Warning [DJOIN.EXE] Unattended Join: DsGetDcName failed: 0x54b, last error is 0x0, will retry in 5 seconds... (a lot more after this)
2014-04-16 13:08:56, Error [DJOIN.EXE] Unattended Join: NetJoinDomain failed error code is [1355]
2014-04-16 13:08:56, Error [DJOIN.EXE] Unattended Join: Unable to join; gdwError = 0x54b
NetSetup.Log
03/13/2012 08:12:20:156 NetpDoDomainJoin
03/13/2012 08:12:20:156 NetpMachineValidToJoin: 'MININT-9L412CG'
03/13/2012 08:12:20:156 OS Version: 6.1
03/13/2012 08:12:20:156 Build number: 7601 (7601.win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)
03/13/2012 08:12:20:156 ServicePack: Service Pack 1
03/13/2012 08:12:20:203 SKU: Windows 7 Enterprise
03/13/2012 08:12:20:203 NetpGetLsaPrimaryDomain: status: 0x0
03/13/2012 08:12:20:203 NetpMachineValidToJoin: status: 0x0
03/13/2012 08:12:20:203 NetpJoinWorkgroup: joining computer 'MININT-9L412CG' to workgroup 'Windows7'
03/13/2012 08:12:20:203 NetpValidateName: checking to see if 'Windows7' is valid as type 2 name
03/13/2012 08:12:20:234 NetpCheckNetBiosNameNotInUse for 'Windows7' [ Workgroup as MACHINE] returned 0x0
03/13/2012 08:12:20:234 NetpValidateName: name 'Windows7' is valid for type 2
03/13/2012 08:12:20:234 NetpSetLsaPrimaryDomain: for 'Windows7' status: 0x0
03/13/2012 08:12:20:250 NetpJoinWorkgroup: status: 0x0
03/13/2012 08:12:20:250 NetpDoDomainJoin: status: 0x0
I know NetJoinDomain failed error code is [1355] is a communications error, but I am not sure how it is since I don't lose network along the way. I also understand this could indicate a DNS/WINS issue but we have other models loading fine.
The odd thing to me is that the deployment installs the applications in the Task Sequence, so my NIC doesn't appear to be the problem. I have not changed the order in the Task Sequence from the default order of steps so Network Settings is still before Drivers are applied.