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DNS not working on some wireless laptops

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Oct 20, 2006
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We are having an issue where one or two laptops are taking a very long time to log in wirelessly and they can't access the internet. It appears that they are not resolving dns correctly but ip is working, when I do an nslookup it doesn't resolve to our our pdc which is should.
When I connect them via Ethernet everything works fine. New laptops can join the domain and work fine. I left and rejoined the domain with no sucess and the laptops wireless works fine outside of the office.
Thanks for any tips.
 
You should hardcode the DNS settings on the laptop. The first address should be the address of the office DNS server. The second address can be of an external DNS server. I doubt this is the current configuration.

may not have DNS configured at all, and when the wireless gives them an IP, they might not be being provided DNS settings, yet when they get on the ethernet network, perhaps there is a different DHCP server that gives them proper DNS settings. By hardcoding the IPs on the client, you get around any environmental differences that may inadvertently exist.

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