VERY odd windows/dns problem

[Danny Mayer]

    Sounds like you are running your DNS servers on DHCP addresses.
DNS servers should always be run on fixed IP Addresses.  This also
sounds like a Microsoft DNS 2000 issues and has nothing to do with Bind.

    Danny

Pumpkinhead wrote:

> I have two dns masters set up.  Additionally, one of those masters is
> a slave to the other.
>
> What I'm finding is that I can always successfully resolve any name no
> matter what.  BUT...
>
> pinging regularly breaks when using names (as do html requests),
> although ping (and html requests) by address always works.  THEN...
>
> the problem is ALWAYS resolved by issuing the following on my windows
> ( 2000 SP1 ) box:
>
> C:\ipconfig /renew
>
> OR
>
> entering into my TCP/IP settings dialog boxes and clicking OK a few
> times (without changing anything).
>
> This is wild......... HELP !