Re: Unable to access dowload from Microsoft

From: Ace Fekay [MVP] (PleaseSubstituteMyActualFirstName&LastNameHere_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/10/05


Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 00:40:18 -0500

In news:74126B85-14DD-49A8-B2F9-24B7CD47F5A2@microsoft.com,
Greg <Greg@discussions.microsoft.com> made a post then I commented below
> I have 2 DNS Servers running and both have the same issue trying to
> access download.microsoft.com. If I do an nslookup I get a request
> timed out error. Both servers are setup to forward to our isp and if
> I change the local machine to the isp DNS Servers then it works
> without a hitch. I saw a postng talking about cisco Pix Firewall
> running a less version then 6.3(2) but I am running 6.3.(3) and the
> link took me to an invalid page. It seems to be just
> download.microsft.com that I am having this issue with. Any help on
> this would be great!
>
> Running Server 2003

It maybe a PIX issue. DId you run the 'fixup" command to enable EDNS0? You
can also disable that in DNS, but it's a more efficient way to resolve
queries.

828731 - An External DNS Query May Cause an Error Message in Windows Server
2003:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=828731

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