Bizzarre name resolution?

[Simon Waters]

Michael B wrote:
> 
> Can anyone explain why all windows based boxes on our network would all
> of a sudden resolve the follwing to sbs.com.au ->
> 
> C:\WINDOWS\Desktop>ping sbs
> 
> Pinging sbs.com.au [203.15.102.140] with 32 bytes of data:

Perhaps someone has put them in the domain "com.au" or added
it to the "search".

If using DHCP it was probably set there, and would explain
why they are all the same.
 
> Whereas on our primary DNS server (Deb 2.2, Bind 8.2.3)
> 
> enterprise:/etc/mail# ping sbs
> ping: unknown host sbs
> enterprise:/etc/mail#
> 
> Why are our windows based boxes trying to resolve sbs to sbs.com.au ??

Well sbs.com.au is in the external DNS with that address.

Presumably your Unix box doesn't have a similar search or
domain statement in /etc/resolv.conf.

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