SharePoint V3: Error Importing User Profiles

Description:

In Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, after initiating a full user profile import, the user profiles fail to import and the crawl log contains the following error:
"The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007054B)"

Solution:

Adding WINS addresses to the LAN Connection properties corrected this issue.

1.
From the Index server: Control Panel > Network Connections > LAN Connection Properties > WINS tab
Add WINS server addresses

2.
SSP Admin > User Profile and Properties > Import
Perform user profile import
Verify import is successful