XP. not registering with DNS

[volleyman]

I am experiencing a problem with only WinXP workstations being able to dynamically register with DNS.

we are running BIND DNS and DHCP from a FreeBSD machine.

Our desktop environment is a mix of WinXP and older Win2K machines. The Wink2K machines are able to register correctly.

The only error in the event log of the workstation reads like this:

The Security System could not establish a secured connection with the server DNS/sever.domain.gov. No authentication protocol was available.

I have seen much conflicting info on what this means, none of which addresses my XP-only problem.

any help would be much appreciated!


Zane D.
Systems Admin

 

[dberg35]

Try ipconfig /fushdns

 

[volleyman]

yeah, I tried flushing the dns and ipconfig /registerdns

it still doesn't work.

Zane D.
Systems Admin

 

[dberg35]

What Windows firewall is that enabled? I have found issues in the past with this. Also did you try to statically assign the DNS to the pc's?

 

[volleyman]

Statically assign the DNS? can you explain what you mean by that?

I ran the IPCONFIG /registerdns command from an WinXP client, which should force it to regregister with DNS, but no success.

We have turned off windows firewall via group policy.

Zane D.
Systems Admin

 

[Cstorms]

He means did you try manually assigning the dns server in the properties of tcp/ip under that particular network connection.

 

[volleyman]

yes, I tried using DHCP for ip address/gateway and statically assigning the DNS server...no luck

Zane D.
Systems Admin