pls excuse me if this is going off topic, but i have found some interesting things. Using LDP.exe i did some testing and found that (from the laptop) i am able to connect succesfully to the directory if i choose connectionless (UDP) but if i then try to bind or search, i receive a message that it's not allowed over UDP.
Also, if i try to connect to the Global Catalog, i am succesfull, even when using TCP.I tried some bindings with the GC: provider in a script, but same errors, server not operational or "the domain could not be contacted or does not exist"
I figured it might have something to do with DNS settings, but all the necessary entries seem to be there (can anyone confirm ?) this is the output for nslookup>ls -d mvdw.nl :
[connserver.mvdw.nl]
mvdw.nl. SOA connserver.mvdw.nl admin. (103 900 600 86400 3600)
mvdw.nl. A ***.***.***.***
mvdw.nl. A 10.0.0.151
mvdw.nl. A 192.168.0.1
mvdw.nl. A 10.0.0.159
mvdw.nl. NS connserver.mvdw.nl
_kerberos._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.dc._msdcs SRV priority=0, weight=100, port=88, connserver.mvdw.nl
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.dc._msdcs SRV priority=0, weight=100, port=389, connserver.mvdw.nl
_kerberos._tcp.dc._msdcs SRV priority=0, weight=100, port=88, connserver.mvdw.nl
_ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs SRV priority=0, weight=100, port=389, connserver.mvdw.nl
_ldap._tcp.8f49e2d9-5cc4-4610-be0f-e5c72313e067.domains._msdcs SRV priority=0, weight=100, port=389, connserver.mvdw.nl
eba43d5e-6a3a-4192-8e16-59690c39f3cd._msdcs CNAME connserver.mvdw.nl
gc._msdcs A ***.***.***.***
gc._msdcs A 10.0.0.151
gc._msdcs A 192.168.0.1
gc._msdcs A 10.0.0.159
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites.gc._msdcs SRV priority=0, weight=100, port=3268, connserver.mvdw.nl
_ldap._tcp.gc._msdcs SRV priority=0, weight=100, port=3268, connserver.mvdw.nl
_ldap._tcp.pdc._msdcs SRV priority=0, weight=100, port=389, connserver.mvdw.nl
_gc._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites SRV priority=0, weight=100, port=3268, connserver.mvdw.nl
_kerberos._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites SRV priority=0, weight=100, port=88, connserver.mvdw.nl
_ldap._tcp.Default-First-Site-Name._sites SRV priority=0, weight=100, port=389, connserver.mvdw.nl
_gc._tcp SRV priority=0, weight=100, port=3268, connserver.mvdw.nl
_kerberos._tcp SRV priority=0, weight=100, port=88, connserver.mvdw.nl
_kpasswd._tcp SRV priority=0, weight=100, port=464, connserver.mvdw.nl
_ldap._tcp SRV priority=0, weight=100, port=389, connserver.mvdw.nl
_kerberos._udp SRV priority=0, weight=100, port=88, connserver.mvdw.nl
_kpasswd._udp SRV priority=0, weight=100, port=464, connserver.mvdw.nl
CONNSERVER A 192.168.0.1
wcws321 A 192.168.0.2
mvdw.nl. SOA connserver.mvdw.nl admin. (103 900 600 86400 3600)
(I blocked my outside IP to prevent *curious* people from knocking on the door 
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