Re: Windows 2003 (SBS) intermittently stops answering linux box

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SBS is a Domain Controller,...the DNS needs to run on the Domain Controller.
All Clients that are Domain Members have to use *only* the DNS on the Domain
Controller. Any other DNS on the LAN has to be listed in the Forwarders List on
the DC/DNS and that is the only place it should be listed. Non-Domain Members
don't matter and can pretty much do what they want, but it is strongly
recommended they follow the same pattern as the others so that the LAN's DNS
Scheme works consistantly across all machines.

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"Richard Frenkel" <newsgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1180103380.560026.139170@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On May 21, 4:26 pm, Richard Frenkel <newsgr...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi,

I have a network consisting of a windows SBS (2003) server, some other
windows boxes, and a Linux box (Ubuntu).

Every once in a while, for several hours, the Linux box is unable to
connect to the Windows 2003 server - which is a pain because I use it
for DNS.

So of course I swore at the Linux box until I installed Ethereal on
the Win 2003 server and discovered that it was getting the packets
from the Linux box and not responding to them. It responds to ARP
requests, but simply ignores any other requests (DNS, ping, etc.) from
the Linux box.

Can anyone explain what might be going on here or how to diagnose it?
Why would it be intermittent? The Win 2003 server responds to pings
from the other Windows boxes during these time periods. It also
responds to VPN connections from outside, etc.

OK, so actually I caught it doing this to one of the windows boxes. At
that time it was responding to the linux box. Right now it's
responding to both. Since I have a lot less than 50 computers, thats
not the issue. If its a network issue, I'd expect to see something in
the event log.

Anyway still appreciate any pointers in how to resolve this.



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