DNS Issue on Win 2003 server 1

[TobyA]

Hi,

I have a Windows 2003 domain controller which also runs DNS.

There is a Windows 2000 member server which was previously a domain controller for a different domain. I demoted the W2K server and joined it to this new domain.

We have a number of Win XP clients that can successfully resolve the name of the W2K server.

However, when logged on to the W2k3 server it cannot resolve the address of the w2k server. I can browse the server by IP address, but not by hostname. When I try I get the following error message:-

\\targetserver

No network provider accepted the given network path.

I looked in dnsmgmt under forward lookup zones and there is an A record for the server with the correct address, however it doesn't seem to help.

I'm not exactly a DNS Guru so any clues would be much appreciated

Cheers,
Toby

 

[Roadki11]

Is the primary DNS ip for the 2k3 server itself in tcp/ip properties? if you do an nslookup targetserver at a command prompt on the 2k3 server what does it say?

RoadKi11

 

[TobyA]

Hi Roadkill,

I had set the the primary DNS server to an external server. I've just changed it to itself and it's working OK now - Thank you!

Just out of interest, after I changed that I did the nslookup:-

Microsoft Windows [Version 5.2.3790]
(C) Copyright 1985-2003 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>nslookup targetserver
*** Can't find server name for address 10.2.7.45: Non-existent domain
Server: UnKnown
Address: 10.2.7.45

Name: targetserver.lothdomain.lothburyuk.com
Address: 10.2.7.38


C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>


Cheers,
Toby

 

[Roadki11]

try adding yourdomain.com to the tcp/ip properties, under the dns tab append these dns suffixes in order area. do the nslookup again see that helps.

RoadKi11