Preinciple server works; Clone duplicate does not. Why?

[Barry Margolin]

In article <3.0.1.32.19991006134214.00e918fc at world.std.com>,
 <carlfoss at world.std.com> wrote:
>I have been constructing a clone of my primary server that has been working
>for more than a year.  As far as I can tell, WinNT/TCPIP/DNS are set up
>identically on both.  Yet when I attach the principle server to my ISP it
>works, and when I remove the principle and attach the clone instead, it
>does not work.  It is close.  *Both servers will successful do pings and
>traceroutes to outside servers.  However, the principle server will respond
>to pings and traceroutes, while the clone won't respond to either.*  I am
>trying to understand why this might be, and what to do to remedy the problem.

Since your problem affects low-level tests like ping, not just DNS, what
makes you think this is a DNS problem?

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