DNS Errors

From: Anna (Anna_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/15/04 

Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 07:59:01 -0800

I just setup a Win2k DNS server. I can get to the internet from my clients
just fine, but we are having several problems on the network that did NOT
exist when I had NT4.0 DNS in place. My DHCP server serves out 1 address for
DNS, the address of the Win2k server. ipconfig /all on the clients having
problems show the DNS server as the Win2k box.

1. The Win2k server is getting an error that it has packets addressed to
itself. I read that setting up a forwarder would stop this message. I did
that and the message still persists.

2. My Win2k clients can't access shared printers. The system just hangs and
the printers stop responding. Printers work fine on WinXP Pro clients and
Win98 clients.

3. Some WinXP clients take 8-10 minutes to login to the network. They just
sit at the screen that says Applying Computer Settings. There's maybe 5
machines out of 70 with this problem. The error in the event log is RPC
Server Unavailable.

>From the information I've gathered on the internet, all these problems are
related to a bad DNS config, only I don't know what I did wrong with the DNS
setup.

Any and all advice is appreciated.

Relevant Pages

  • RE: VPN Clients Not Registering in AD DNS
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    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Re: Permissions across 2 Forrest
    ... Primary DNS server on 1.x and the 18.x network along with DHCP and WINS. ... For instance ForrestA DNS is now a secondary for Forrest B and vise versa. ... WINS clients must use the same "WINS Database"* ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory)
  • Re: Still strange not fully working DNS server
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    (microsoft.public.windows.server.dns)
  • Re: Client installation frustration.
    ... not, apparently, any DNS lookup issues on my network. ... connection's addresses in DNS" and "Use this connection's DNS suffix in DNS ... is a file and print server that we have at one of our secondary sites. ... Is there any way to cancel all current requests to install clients? ...
    (microsoft.public.sms.admin)
  • Re: problem with xp clients and windows 2003
    ... We now have the cross cable running from the room's switch ... >> policy but logs into the server. ... >> aware that this is a DNS issue but I have TRIPLE checked the DNS ... >> If I do NSlookup from the problematic clients, ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.networking)