Re: DNS addresses changing spontaneously without DHCP query

From: Sharad Naik (sharadnaik_at_nospam-vsnl.net)
Date: 08/21/04 

Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 20:54:40 +0530

Well, it's now 2 people thinking of same thing.
I just posted same thought Ace.

Regards
Sharad
"Ace Fekay [MVP]"
<PleaseSubstituteMyActualFirstName&LastNameHere@hotmail.com> wrote in
message news:Oy5lVH5hEHA.3076@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> In news:ez3VwihhEHA.556@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl,
> Michael A. Covington <look@www.ai.uga.edu.for.information> made a post
then
> I commented below
> > Greetings,
> >
> > The PCs in our domain are supposed to use our 2 domain controllers as
> > their DNS servers. Our campus DHCP server tells them this, at the
> > same time it tells them their IP addresses and gateways, whenever
> > they boot up or ipconfig /renew.
> >
> > Recently, we've been coming in and finding that our PCs have reverted
> > to using a different set of DNS servers (the campus-wide ones) on
> > their own -- without renewing their DHCP lease or (I'm told) querying
> > the DHCP server in any way.
> >
> > My impression was that the DHCP server was sometimes giving out the
> > wrong data. But the people who run it deny it. They say something
> > in my domain is making the DNS addresses change.
> >
> > If I do an ipconfig /renew on any afflicted PC, it immediately gets
> > the correct DNS addresses from the campus DHCP server.
> >
> > What gives? What could there be, within our domain, that makes PCs
> > change the DNS server addresses that they're using, without
> > consulting the DHCP server? Is the domain DNS server itself saying,
> > somehow, "I'm not the
> > one -- you should use the ones upstream from me"?
> >
> > Many thanks!
>
> When it changes, can you do an ipconfig /all to find out if it's coming
from
> a different DHCP server?
>
> --
> Regards,
> Ace
>
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> Ace Fekay, MCSE 2003 & 2000, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSE+I, MCT, MVP
> Microsoft Windows MVP - Windows Server - Directory Services
>
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