Re: ping ComputerName often fails
- From: "Bob" <86c6c2e6-2146512712@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:14:19 -0400
Okay, I understand it a little better now.
I added the two remote domains to my "DNS suffix search list" via GPO. I
rebooted the machine and they are now part of it (as displayed in ipconfig
/all). I did not add my domain to the GPO and I can see my "DNS suffix
search list" no longer has a reference to it. I can ping my local machines
just fine (for now anyway!).
I presume I don't need to add my own domain to the "DNS suffix search list"
because it is displayed in ipconfig /all as "Primary Dns suffix" (and some
machines, not all, also display my domain in the "Connection-specific DNS
suffix" also. Some machines have no entry for Connection-specific DNS
suffix", but they all have "Primary Dns suffix" and also the GPO controlled
"DNS suffix search list".
I presume having a blank "Connection-specific DNS suffix" is not a problem?
btw I have no other GPO setting in the:
Computer Configuration
-Administrative templates
-Network
DNS Client
Thanks!
"Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]" <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uI0lsdTrHHA.1200@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Read inline please.
In news:eZxCTzRrHHA.1208@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Bob <86c6c2e6-2146512712@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
Hi Kevin,
I think the times that pinging the computer name (NetBIOS name) works
for me is when the Flexible Single Master Operations Role (FSMO) DC
is found.
No, the FSMO roles have nothing to do with NetBIOS name resolution.
I don't have WINS installed. I don't think I've a DNS Suffix search
list created, and I haven't yet looked up what a "hosts file" is, but
I suspect I don't have it.
By default the Primary DNS Suffix and Connection Specific DNS suffix are
added the DNS suffix search list. (Check your ipconfig /all)
The hosts file is a text based file located in the
%systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc directory, it has no file extension, it
is
simply named hosts and can be edited to add hosts that required special
name
resolution
That said, I typically don't use hosts files anymore because it can be an
administration nightmare. It is much easier to add records to the DNS zone
named in the DNS suffix search list.
In your case, since you have more than on DNS namespace to search, i.e.
domain1.com and domain2.com you should add both suffixes to the list,
having
stub zones or any other zones won't be enough. You have to add those
domains
to the DNS suffix search list. If you have an AD environment, as I
suspect,
you can do this in a group policy here:
Default Domain Policy
Computer Configuration
-Administrative templates
-Network
DNS Client- DNS Suffix search List
Anyway, could the availablity of the FSMO Domain Controller be the
reason why I find its NetBIOS name on occassion?
No.
--
Best regards,
Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
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