We have a NT 4.0 DNS server used for internal resolutions only. ISP DNS servers are setup as secondary for resolving public domains. For some reason W2K clients will stop resolving internal host names at what seems like random times. NT 4.0 clients do not have this problem. Refreshing W2K client DNS parameters re-enables internal resolutions, but eventually the problem returns.
The internal domain we use is also one of our public domains. For instance, our registered domain of company.com with our ISP is also setup on our internal DNS server as company.com. I realize this make no sense, but I inherited the setup. I've thought this might be the problem, but why wouldn't the NT 4.0 clients behave the same if it were?
We also have a WINS setup on another NT 4.0 server. DNS is setup to resolve host names through WINS and DNS submits domain as NETBIOS scope.
Can anyone tell me what happening?
Environment:
Server: NT 4.0 SP6
Client: Windows 2000 SP3
DNS Parameters used on clientonly used options are listed)
-DNS servers in order of use:
--Private address (NT 4.0 server)
--Public address (ISP)
--Public address (ISP)
-For resolution of unqualified names:
--Append primary and connection specific DNS suffixes
--DNS suffix for this connection: company.com
The internal domain we use is also one of our public domains. For instance, our registered domain of company.com with our ISP is also setup on our internal DNS server as company.com. I realize this make no sense, but I inherited the setup. I've thought this might be the problem, but why wouldn't the NT 4.0 clients behave the same if it were?
We also have a WINS setup on another NT 4.0 server. DNS is setup to resolve host names through WINS and DNS submits domain as NETBIOS scope.
Can anyone tell me what happening?
Environment:
Server: NT 4.0 SP6
Client: Windows 2000 SP3
DNS Parameters used on clientonly used options are listed)
-DNS servers in order of use:
--Private address (NT 4.0 server)
--Public address (ISP)
--Public address (ISP)
-For resolution of unqualified names:
--Append primary and connection specific DNS suffixes
--DNS suffix for this connection: company.com