Re: Name resolving in domain

From: Ed (edmond620_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/23/04 

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 17:05:23 +0800

Here is what I've got so far. Thanks.

"Ace Fekay [MVP]"
<PleaseSubstituteMyActualFirstName&LastNameHere@hotmail.com> wrote in
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> In news:egRdC7VDEHA.3064@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
> Ed <edmond620@hotmail.com> posted their thoughts, then I offered mine
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have a question about name resolving.
> > We are using Active Directory and have a domain, let's say it is
> > mydomain.com. For member server of the domain we can resolve names
> > with the DNS in our domain. We also have a few servers that are
> > workgroup servers. However name resolving is not working 100% with
> > these workgroup servers. For example, if we have the following two
> > host records :
> >
> > hostA 10.1.1.1
> > hostB 10.1.1.2
> >
> > If I use ping command in one of our member server in AD the pings are
> > successful. However if I use ping command in the workgroup server,
> > hostA can be reached by ping but hostB will be shown as unknown host.
> > I double checked this in our DNS and both are valid records.
> > Does anyone have idea?
> > Thx
>
>
> We'll need more info...
>
> Pinging by single name or FQDN makes a difference. If by single name, it
> uses the search suffix. If pinging by single name and the machine is just
a
> workgroup machine without a Primary DNS Suffix, which then means the
search
> suffix is blank, then it will try to use only NetBIOS and if that is not
the
> NetBIOS name, then unknown host will be your result.
>
> So.......
>
> 1. How are you pinging?
>
> ping hostb
> ping hosta
> ping hosta.mydomain.com
> ping hostb.mydomain.com
>
> Which ones work above on which machine?
Pinging with the 3rd and 4th work fine.... but not the first two
>
> 2. Search suffix on machines?
>
I think none on both machines.

> 3. What DNS addresses are on the machines?
>
the local DNS computer that we have

> 4. Please provide an Unedited ipconfig /all from the two servers you're
> trying this from (the member server and the non-member server). This will
> give us a solid view of your config for diagnosing.
>
> --

from a non-member server :
Windows 2000 IP Configuration
 Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : HKGFIN01
 Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
 Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
 IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
 WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
 Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
 Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 XT Server Adapter
 Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-02-B3-9D-7C-16
 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
 IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.88.16
 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.88.1
 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.88.10

>From a member server :
Windows 2000 IP Configuration
 Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : hkgfp01
 Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . : eastpointhk.com
 Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
 IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
 WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
 DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : eastpointhk.com

Ethernet adapter Intel Pro 1000 Port 2:
 Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
 Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Dual Port Server
Adapter #2
 Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-07-E9-09-16-99
 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
 IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.88.11
 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.88.1
 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.88.15
                                     192.168.88.10

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