RE: Broken reverse DNS lookup which I can't fix

Hello David,

Thank you for kind update.

Based on your new condition, I suggest we try the following steps to see if
we can resolve this issue:

To clear bad information in Active Directory-integrated DNS, complete the
following steps:

1. Change the DNS settings to Standard Primary Zone .

2. Change the zone to accept nonsecure and secure dynamic updates.

3. On each domain controller that had DNS, point to the standard primary
DNS server for DNS resolution.

4. On each domain controller, at a command prompt, type the following
commands, pressing ENTER after each command:

ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /registerdns

5. On each domain controller, at a command prompt, type the following
commands, pressing ENTER after each command:

net stop netlogon
net start netlogon

6. In the DNS console, delete the DNS zones.

7. Delete zones in Active Directory Users and Computers. Click Advanced
Options , click System , and then click DNS .

8. After the information has been cleared, recreate the DNS zones.

9. On each domain controller, at a command prompt, type the following
commands, pressing ENTER after each command:

ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /registerdns

10. On each domain controller, at a command prompt, type the following
commands, pressing ENTER after each command:

net stop netlogon
net start netlogon

If it does not work, please perform the steps in the following KB to
reinstall the dynamic DNS Active Directory-integrated zone:

How to reinstall a dynamic DNS Active Directory-integrated zone
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];294328

If the issue persists, please gather the info I mentioned in my previous
reply.

Hope these steps will give you some help.

Thanks and have a nice day!

Best regards,

Terence Liu(MSFT)

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| Terrence - Sorry for the delay, I'm mostly a developer with the
non-crucial
| IT work as a lower priority. The basic results of trying the test you
| suggested was no go because I found but could not delete the entry in AD.
| Step 1:
| a. Open Active Directory Users and Computers, click View, Advanced
Features.
|
| b. Expand Domain.local -> System -> MicrosoftDNS and delete
| "nn.nn.nn.in-addr.arpa" (the IP address for my external card) (if it
| exists).
| I found the entry. I had a folder with a yellow triangle&exclamation
point
| on it. Clicking on the entry yielded "Data from nn.nn.nn.in-addr.arpa is
not
| available from domain controller <myserver> because: An operations error
| occurred".
|
| Trying to delete the entry warned me that the folder wasn't empty and
then
| failed with "The object nn.nn.nn.in-addr-arpa (or some of the objects it
| contains) cannot be deleted because: The directory service encountered an
| unknown failure."
|
| I'll try collecting and mailing the additional information to you asap.
|
| Thanks for your patience.
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