IP Address Reference goes to External DNS Info......

[mtanner01]

HI There,

Occassionally some of our Windows 2000 Pro boxes endup resolving our ExchangeServers name to the External IP Address. We are setup with two DNS Servers to be checked first then the systems looks to an External DNS for resolution.

Has anyone else seen this or have any suggestions as to how to avoid this?

Thanks,
M. Tanner

 

[fluid11]

Your clients are being assigned internal and external DNS Servers?

Your internal DNS servers should be set up to forward requests that it can't resolve to external DNS servers. Neither your clients or your DNS servers should be assigned any external DNS servers. Is this how you have it set up?

ChrisP

 

[mtanner01]

Well I did not setup the DNS configuration, as there is a Windows NT 4.0 server still in the loop that needs to be removed. But after reviewing it you are correct that our DHCP server points to our two internal DNS servers then to two servers in the outside world? Is that my problem? How can I get it fixed?

Note: this WinNT4 box is being removed from our system in two weeks and the DHCP will be reconfigured on the Windows2000 domain.

M.Tanner

 

[jaksen112]

Have your dhcp server assign internal dns to clients and your dns server to fwd requests it cant resolve to outside dns. 01110000