Re: NetDiag fails on DNS test

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From: Randy Knapp (RandyKnapp_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/26/04 

Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 19:09:02 -0700

On the servers they definitely are only pointing to the internal DNS. I'll check the client machines on Monday, was told they weren't but you know how that goes.

Randy Knapp

"Ace Fekay [MVP]" wrote:

> In news:97CA3D42-4645-454F-9643-CFAC75D94090@microsoft.com,
> Randy Knapp <Randy Knapp@discussions.microsoft.com> posted their thoughts,
> then I offered mine
> > Background: client of mine had a Windows 2000 server with multiple
> > clients, not sure what the structure was (domain I think, but may
> > have been in a workgroup). To this mix they added an SBS2003 server,
> > not sure how the W2K server was playing at that time (getting
> > clarification on that). In this new structure, the W2K server has
> > been both a DC and member server, and of course SBS box a DC. No
> > matter how we configure the W2K server, I get the following on the
> > SBS box:
> >
> > 1. Group policy is messed up. I can't browse any of the SBS local
> > shares logged in as admin on the SBS box, getting 'access denied'
> > when browsing network places. I can see them there and with a net
> > use, but trying to browse them asks for id/pw, which are not
> > recognized. Getting events 103, and 1058 every 5 minutes, and other
> > gp funkiness as well. Much research on the web lead me to several
> > workarounds, none of which worked, and KB 842804 and 830905, hotfixes
> > which, again, didn't work
> >
> > 2. The reason I put this here instead of an SBS group: netdiag is
> > failing on the DNS test as follows:
> >
> > DNS test . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Failed
> > [WARNING] The DNS entries for this DC are not registered
> > correctly on DNS server '192.168.16.2'. Please wait for 30
> > minutes for DNS server replication. [FATAL] No DNS servers have the
> > DNS records for this DC registered.
> >
> > Also getting NetBT event 4321, basically saying that the server
> > can't be named since it's already named.
> >
> > Replication doesn't fix it, netdiag /fix doesn't fix it either. Also
> > several dcdiag tests yield 'access denied'. My thoughts are that
> > perhaps the DNS issues are causing the group policy issues. If the
> > W2K server had been running AD, with perhaps a single-level domain
> > name (Astro), and now they've added an sbs box with an astro.local
> > domain name, without properly downgrading the original domain, could
> > that cause these types of problems? And if my speculation is
> > correct, is there anything that could be done to fix it short of
> > re-building the domain (with SBS, as that is what they want)?
> > Appreciate any input.
> >
> > Randy Knapp
>
>
> Sounds like the ISP's DNS is configured on your machines. As Herb said, you
> can't do that. You;ll need to confirm that the clients and DC(s) are only
> using the internal DNS only.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Ace
>
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>
> Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
> Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory
>
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