Re: Odd DNS Issues: Please Help

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From: Herb Martin (news_at_LearnQuick.com)
Date: 06/18/04 

Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 14:15:53 -0500

"MJC" <MJC@mjc.com> wrote in message
news:uylATaWVEHA.3788@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> I recently upgraded my Windows 2000 DNS server to Windows 2003, All seemed
> fined at first except for the following:
>
> - Intermittently, I receive calls that Active Directory logins are slow. I
> check DNS and the service is running but my DNS server cannot resolve
itself
> and others.

Check you server and make sure that it's OWN CLIENT NIC
settings point ONLY to the internal DNS server set.

(If you need to resolve "The Internet" then you use the Forwarder
tab on the DNS server properties.)

Make sure that ALL clients (servers are clients too) are set to
ONLY use the internal DNS server (set.)

Make sure that the internal DNS Primary (or AD-integrated) servers
are set to ALLOW DYNAMIC UPDATES (or secure updates) for
the zone.

> - When I do a NSLOOKUP this is what I get:
> server: unknown
> 10.18.1.32 (which is the IP of my server)

That is an irrelevant error generated by NSLookup which may
be safely ignored. (Really -- it is just an NSLookup artifact.)

The key is if the following information -- the actual resolution --
works or not, and gives the correct info if it works.

> If I restart the service, everything works fine. Any ideas would be
helpful.

What Service Pack etc? What clients?

If you have legacy clients, you might have a WINS/NetBIOS problem (too.) 

-- 
Herb Martin
>
> Thank you,
>
> Mike
>
>

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