Re: DNS expiration

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Read inline please.

In news:1185909382.996273.168390@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
tim01jmu <tim01jmu@xxxxxxxxx> typed:
2k3 domain, internal DNS on 2 DC's.

Clients (XP) can reach internal resources by hostname or IP.
Then after a couple of hours resources can only be reached by IP.
Hostnames no longer resolve. Pings to the hostnames resolve to the
public website.
ipconfig /flushdns or reboot fixes the problem, but what is the
permanent solution?

Remove the external DNS from TCP/IP properties.


Seems as if only some clients are affected. No pattern to the time
before the hostnames expire.
Telling users to scrap the hostname and just use the IP isnt quite
cutting it.

I'm not good with DNS.....TIA for any help.

All clients must use the internal DNS only in TCP/IP properties, which would
normally be your Domain Controller's internal IP address. If you have only
one DC/DNS, use only it for DNS, Alternate DNS servers are not required, and
should never be used if they do not support and cannot resolve your internal
network.

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