Re: DNSClient registry key

From: Bill Minser (wdminser_at_wisc.edu)
Date: 03/26/04 

Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 09:53:50 -0600

I will gladly post the ipconfig /all...

Windows IP Configuration
        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : bills_xp
        Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : ourdomain.wisc.edu
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : ourdomain.wisc.edu

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
        Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : ourdomain.wisc.edu
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network
Connection
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-08-74-35-99-B0
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.75
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.6
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.5
        Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.5
        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, March 25, 2004 2:55:41
PM
        Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, April 02, 2004 2:55:41
PM

Looks good, right. But if I run, say "nslookup yahoo.com", I get this
(where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the old ip address of our DC/DNS server) ...

    DNS request timed out.
        timeout was 2 seconds.
    Server: UnKnown
    Address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

    DNS request timed out.
         timeout was 2 seconds.
    DNS request timed out.
        timeout was 2 seconds.

Just as a check of DNS, I ran "nslookup yahoo.com 192.168.1.5" and it worked
just fine. XP has the DNS settings from DHCP - its listed in the ipconfig
stuff. But it is choosing to use xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx instead. I searched my
entire computer and registry and only found the old ip value in
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\DNSClient\NameServer. And if I
change that registry value, it just comes back the next time group policy
updates itself. (I can force it with gpupdate)

So we looked thru all of our (known) group policy objects and can't find
this setting anywhere. Anyone have any ideas where it is or how I can get
rid of it?

Relevant Pages

  • Re: 1030 and 1058 Errors on 2K3 domain controller
    ... Here is the relevant ipconfig ... Connection-specific DNS Suffix. ... Windows cannot query for the list of Group Policy objects. ... itself as the Preferred DNS server and another DC as the alternate DNS ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.group_policy)
  • Re: unable to connect to windows update:
    ... I did both the IPCONFIG and NSLOOKUP and the DNS Server address on both match ... That is a symptom of a problem with your DNS. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsupdate)
  • Re: Windows 2003 Server taking forever to startup
    ... In DNS do you have a reverse lookup zone? ... ipconfig /registerdns ... Now try NSLOOKUP again to see if the server is now seeing itself properly ... Also in the network card settings. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.general)
  • Re: Advice Needed - AD integrated DNS Zone
    ... > one of the users with an issue with two of my dns servers. ... > Ipconfig and net start for user with this issue: ... the registry on ALL client machines and DCs. ... Group Policy only to the XP or Win2k3 clients. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.dns)
  • Re: group policy does not effect
    ... Most common cause for group policy failure would be that DNS is not setup ... Ipconfig /registerdns ... 250842 Troubleshooting Group Policy Application Problems ... verify you did not get the policies. ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.security)