Confuguring DNS infrastructure of multisite multidomain network

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From: Bancal (ddtavp_at_mail.ru)
Date: 02/07/05 

Date: 7 Feb 2005 08:02:08 -0800

Hello,

First, I'd like to describe DNS infrastructure of my Windows 2003
network. I've got root domaun named "company.net" and three child
domains: "city1.company.net", "city2.company.net" and "city3.company
net". Two DCs of root domain are located in the company headquarteers.
Two DCs of "city1.company.net" are also located in headquarteers and
other DCs of this domain are distributed accross 15 sites connected via
WAN links. As for two other domains, "city2.company.net" and
"city2.company.net", their DCs are located in other cities and
connected with headquarteers via WAN links. Every DC has DNS service
running and DC's DNS server is authoritative for the zone of domain DC
belongs to.
I can sucessfully ping every server or worksstation in my network using
its FQDN but sometimes I can't see network shares. The error "The
network path is not found" is displayed then trying to see shares
although I can ping this PC.

What should I do in this situation?

Thanks in advance?

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