Server 2012 not visable in AD after IP change

Running a single server 2012 in this environment so it hosts everything such as AD, DHCP, DNS etc.
I changed the network IP scope due to VPN issues for users who connect from home networks using the same IP range. During the IP range change I changed the servers own static IP addresses, reconfigured DHCP scope and reservations and the DNS server.
Everything in the network is working properly expect that this single server does not show up for clients looking in their Network list of computers.
I've missed something in the process but not sure what that something is. Any ideas how to get the server to reappear?
Thanks

Under the "Everything in the network is working properly" heading, I presume this means dns resolution is functional, users are being authenticated, able to release/renew ip addresses, etc. I hear you saying it's just the browsing issue.
Network Discovery in my experience is based on broadcast traffic and therefore less reliable than, for example, the DNS table. So there are a few angles here.
-It's conceivable that through time and a refreshing of the caches both on the networking equipment and at the clients that this will pick back up for you.
-You might consider refreshing or rebooting the router so that it repopulates it's tables and the aforementioned cache can be ruled out.
-I suggest picking a client to test from. Restart and see if it picks back up. a difference. Map a drive or browse the UNC path of a share from the Run line and see if the server then populates.
These are just some suggestions to get you started. Let me know what shakes out, as there are certainly many more things to try based on what you're seeing. Hope this helps.

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000100 [
000101 (null)
000102 ]
000103 [gle=0x80004005]
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000108 <members></members>
000109
000110 </groupTrustee>"
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc773347(v=WS.10).aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc739350(v=WS.10).aspx
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to RODC) and it IS only happening with RODC. Possible fix might be to make your RODC RW for a bit and install your patches then.
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https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/f77691d8-a9d0-4714-98ad-71665cfa8965/kb3000061-fails-to-install-on-server-2012?forum=winserver8gen
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/70219bcb-36a8-466e-900b-cbf390db38d2/failure-configuring-windows-updates-reverting-changes-postreboot-status-0x800f0922?forum=winserver8gen

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-Michael Niehaus
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