DNS issue - Windows 2000 Server 1

[Bobby5]

Here is the network setup: Windows 2000 Server controls DNS and DHCP. One computer on the network is named "maintenance" and is running Windows XP Pro. The Server has assigned the maintenance computer an ip of 192.168.0.25. This can be verified at both the server and the maintenance computer. Maintenance is set up for DHCP. The problem is this: The other computers on the network (about 10) all resolve maintenance as 192.168.0.28. When I attempt to ping maintenance, the other computers can not find it. However if I ping 192.168.0.25 they have no problem. If it will help, the other computers are mostly Windows XP Pro, or Windows 2000. There is one Windows 98 still on the network.

This is not a new issue, I'm just bothered by it recently and am looking for some help.

Thanks
Bobby5

 

[dk87]

Flush your DNS cache and run a tombstone in WINS, if you are running it. Also, check the Hosts and LMHosts files in the event that an address was hard coded in there.

 

[Bobby5]

Thanks dk87 for your reply. I'm a newbie at DNS and DHCP, and I learned a few things researching your answer. It turned out to be simpler than expected. DHCP was not set to auto-update DNS. So DNS had an old host entry for maintenance that resolved to the 192.168.0.28 address. Deleted that and problem solved.