Attempting to join the domain The specified Domain either does not exist or could not be contacted.

[AJ-DBA]

I have setup a virtual environment on my laptop to work with SQL Server AG. I setup a Windows Server 2012 R2 server as my DC. It's ipconfig /all for both the client and DC are below. I have already read older posts related to this subject which specified making sure the client is only pointing to the DC DNS server. I have done that, but I still get the error "Attempting to join the domain The specified Domain either does not exist or could not be contacted." I can ping the DC from the Client and vice-versa. I am not sure what I am missing so any assistance would be appreciated.

C:\Users\Administrator>ping 172.20.10.10
Pinging 172.20.10.10 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 172.20.10.10: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=128
Reply from 172.20.10.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 172.20.10.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 172.20.10.10: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Ping statistics for 172.20.10.10:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 2ms, Average = 0ms
C:\Users\Administrator>ping 172.20.10.1
Pinging 172.20.10.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 172.20.10.1: bytes=32 time=7ms TTL=64
Reply from 172.20.10.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64
Reply from 172.20.10.1: bytes=32 time=7ms TTL=64
Reply from 172.20.10.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64
Ping statistics for 172.20.10.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 4ms, Maximum = 7ms, Average = 5ms





C:\Users\Administrator.DC-SERVER>ping 172.20.10.14
Pinging 172.20.10.14 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 172.20.10.14: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=128
Reply from 172.20.10.14: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 172.20.10.14: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 172.20.10.14: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Ping statistics for 172.20.10.14:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 3ms, Average = 0ms
C:\Users\Administrator.DC-SERVER>ping 172.20.10.1
Pinging 172.20.10.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 172.20.10.1: bytes=32 time=7ms TTL=64
Reply from 172.20.10.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64
Reply from 172.20.10.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64
Reply from 172.20.10.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64
Ping statistics for 172.20.10.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 4ms, Maximum = 7ms, Average = 4ms



---------------Server-------VVVVV

C:\Users\Administrator.DC-SERVER>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DC-Server
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : LAB.Local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : LAB.Local
Ethernet adapter Ethernet:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Desktop Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 08-00-27-58-FB-7F
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2600:1004:b07c:b09e:5c65:bf6f:8c7f:a1c1(Preferred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5c65:bf6f:8c7f:a1c1%12(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 172.20.10.10(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : fe80::1cb9:5e17:9312:21b3%12
172.20.10.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 302514215
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-23-5A-A1-70-08-00-27-58-FB-7F
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : ::1
127.0.0.1
8.8.8.8
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Tunnel adapter isatap.{828227F4-B1BD-4503-A711-0C971ECC5967}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes


---------------------Client----------------------VVV

C:\Users\Administrator>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : WIN-CG4MMKO62G8
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Ethernet:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Desktop Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 08-00-27-22-F0-77
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2600:1004:b07c:b09e:21a6:df9f:3e35:c9a0(Prefe
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::21a6:df9f:3e35:c9a0%12(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 172.20.10.14(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : fe80::1cb9:5e17:9312:21b3%12
172.20.10.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 302514215
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-23-5A-AD-93-08-00-27-22-F0-77
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::1cb9:5e17:9312:21b3%12
172.20.10.10
127.0.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Tunnel adapter isatap.{91AE5C99-684D-433D-A506-4F7A7ECDC240}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

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