DNS Issue on Windows 2003 Server

[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 smile

Cheers,
Toby

*PS - I posted this on the Win 2003 Server Forum before I spotted this one. Sorry for re-posting*

 

[TobyA]

This is resolved now - The primary DNS server for the W2k3 server was set to an external server. I changed it to itself and it's working OK now.

Thanks to Roadkill