Directory Access will not bind

I'm not sure where to start or what is important to the story... I set up my 10.4 server back in January as easeserver.easesoftware.net. A few months ago, I finally got the .com name so I did changeip from the .net to the .com name using the same ip address. Things seem to work o.k. I noticed that the search base in Server Admin was still endning with DC=net not DC=com. Later I noticed that my laptop is not managed as it should be. Someone told me to use directory access to unbind it and bind it again. At that time, I looked at Directory Access and noticed that the LDAP entry was gone so I did not muck with it. I waited to get the Mac OS X Server 10.4 Tiger book which arrived yesterday. Reading it tells how to start Directory Access, pick Active Directory, hit Config, eventually hit Bind, etc. I can not get through that process. I've tried it from the client picking Connect To Server and I've tried it from the server itself. I've tried all various combinations of .net and .com, etc and nothing has worked. The message I get is: Invalid Domain (in bold) followed by "An invalid Domain and Forest combination was specified. You should enter a fully qualified DNS name for the domain and forest (e.g., ads.company.com)." The "Forest" entry is -Automatic-. I've tried easeserver.easesoftware.net and easeserver.easesoftware.com for the Active Directory Domain. I've tried the server's Admin account and the LDAP directory's admin account for the "Network Administrator". On a whim, I did a global search and replace from =net to =com in /private/etc/openldap/slapd_macosxserver.conf. That seemed to cause more problems so I put it back like it was. I forgot to mention but the server is set to an Open Directory Master. So, I'd like to get the search base to .com if that is possible. I'd also like to get my laptop to bind again. Any help sure would be appreciated. Thank you, Perry