Win2k forgets Nameserver?

Yanek Korff yanek at cigital.com
Mon Sep 24 14:03:27 UTC 2001


Have you tried ipconfig /registerdns from the Run Box?  Sure beats
rebooting.  This works for almost all our users experiencing this problem.

-Yanek.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sasso, John IT [mailto:JSasso at mvphealthcare.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 9:56 AM
> To: 'Yanek Korff'; 'bind-users at isc.org'
> Subject: RE: Win2k forgets Nameserver?
> 
> 
> I've seen this on a few of our Win2K desktops as well.  Unlike your
> configuration, we are running BIND 4.9.4 on an NT server 
> (we'll be moving to
> the latest rev of BIND on a Solaris 2.8 box).  Nonetheless, the Win2K
> desktop will, for no reason, just "lose" its ability to 
> resolve via DNS.
> The resolution has been to reboot the Win2K desktop.
> 
> I'd also like to know how to resolve this annoying problem.
> 
> 		--john
> 
> 
> 
> | -----Original Message-----
> | From: Yanek Korff [mailto:yanek at cigital.com]
> | Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 9:45 AM
> | To: 'bind-users at isc.org'
> | Subject: Win2k forgets Nameserver?
> | 
> | 
> | 
> | I'm guessing this is a Win2k problem and totally OT for 
> this list, but
> | seeing as I'm running Bind 8.2.3-REL on a FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE 
> | platform (yes,
> | yes, I know, upgrade now on both counts) I figured someone 
> | here might have
> | an idea.  Bind is configured with ISC-dhcpd V3.0b1pl13, 
> | handing out IPs in
> | the 10.1. network and entering DNS information on a 
> | host-request basis to
> | forward & rev zones.
> | 
> | My Win2k workstations periodically "forget" how to resolve names.
> | Literally, one minute I'll be able to SSH/ping/telnet to 
> | internal hosts, and
> | the next minute host lookup will fail.  If I subsequently 
> run ipconfig
> | /registerdns everything works fine for a while longer.
> | 
> | 95% of my Win2k users are experiencing this problem.  
> Anyone seen this
> | before?
> | 
> | -Yanek.
> | 
> 


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