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Paul Williams [MVP] wrote:
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Great.  Stick with it!


i have a strange dns problem. occasionally the following occurs. a computer will have its name changed from xxxx.vrms.com to xxxx.10.16.0.5 

Where are you seeing this change?

In DNS Management?  Looking at the machine's name?

Hi

Looking at the machines name

here's an ipconfig of a baaaad machine

C:\Documents and Settings\ggorman>ipconfig /all

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : hdora
        Primary DNS Suffix  . . . . . . . : 10.16.0.5
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : 10.16.0.5
                                            16.0.5
                                            0.5

Ethernet adapter To Gateway:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 3Com EtherLink XL 10/100 PCI TX NIC (3C905B-TX)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-10-4B-88-94-CA
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.20.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.248.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.20.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 12.127.16.67
12.127.17.71

Ethernet adapter To Network:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82559 Fast Ethernet LAN on Motherboard
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-D0-B7-A8-36-25
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.16.4.48
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.248.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.16.0.3
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.16.0.5
10.16.0.115
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 10.16.0.5
Secondary WINS Server . . . . . . : 10.16.0.115

graeme
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