DNS Problems

[MarcVS]

We have a Windows 2000 server with ICS activated.
On the clients we get the IP nrs with DHCP, but we also fill in the DNS's of the ISP . On all the computers this works fine (we can get on the network, and surf the Internet), but on one (the only one with Windows XP) this doesn't work.

Or we don't fill in the DNS's of the ISP, and we can get on the network, but we can't surf, or we fill in the DNS's of the ISP and we can surf but we cannot get on the network (even when we also fill in the DNS of the network - the IPnr of the server)

There seems to be a problem with the DNS server. When we run the Netdiag program we get as result (look at the DNS results):

Computer Name: xxx
DNS Host Name: xxx.yyy
System info : Windows 2000 Server (Build 2195)
Processor : x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 6, GenuineIntel
List of installed hotfixes :
Q147222

Netcard queries test . . . . . . . : Passed

Per interface results:
Adapter : LAN-verbinding
Netcard queries test . . . : Passed
Host Name. . . . . . . . . : xxx
IP Address . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask. . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway. . . . . . :
Dns Servers. . . . . . . . : 127.0.0.1
212.100.160.51
212.100.160.52
AutoConfiguration results. . . . . . : Passed
Default gateway test . . . : Skipped
[WARNING] No gateways defined for this adapter.
NetBT name test. . . . . . : Passed
WINS service test. . . . . : Passed

Adapter : ADSL
Netcard queries test . . . : Passed
Host Name. . . . . . . . . : xxx
IP Address . . . . . . . . : 192.168.254.2
Subnet Mask. . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.240
Default Gateway. . . . . . : 192.168.254.1
Dns Servers. . . . . . . . : 212.100.160.51
212.100.160.52
AutoConfiguration results. . . . . . : Passed
Default gateway test . . . : Passed
NetBT name test. . . . . . : Passed
WINS service test. . . . . : Passed

Global results:

Domain membership test . . . . . . : Passed
NetBT transports test. . . . . . . : Passed
List of NetBt transports currently configured:
NetBT_Tcpip_{39FB85D4-7CAC-47C6-A61D-0B2852103A3E}
NetBT_Tcpip_{4522C867-7D85-4B6D-8EE0-88E66E2B3724}
2 NetBt transports currently configured.
Autonet address test . . . . . . . : Passed
IP loopback ping test. . . . . . . : Passed
Default gateway test . . . . . . . : Passed
NetBT name test. . . . . . . . . . : Passed
Winsock test . . . . . . . . . . . : Passed
DNS test . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Failed
[WARNING] Cannot find a primary authoritative DNS server for the name
'xxx.yyy'. [RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE]
The name 'xxx.yyy.' may not be registered in DNS.
[FATAL]: The DNS registration for 'xxx.yyy' is incorrect on all DNS servers.
PASS - All the DNS entries for DC are registered on DNS server '127.0.0.1' and other DCs also have some of the names registered.
[WARNING] The DNS entries for this DC are not registered correctly on DNS server '212.100.160.51'. Please wait for 30 minutes for DNS server replication.
[WARNING] The DNS entries for this DC are not registered correctly on DNS server '212.100.160.52'. Please wait for 30 minutes for DNS server replication.
Redir and Browser test . . . . . . : Passed
List of NetBt transports currently bound to the Redir
NetBT_Tcpip_{39FB85D4-7CAC-47C6-A61D-0B2852103A3E}
NetBT_Tcpip_{4522C867-7D85-4B6D-8EE0-88E66E2B3724}
The redir is bound to 2 NetBt transports.
List of NetBt transports currently bound to the browser
NetBT_Tcpip_{39FB85D4-7CAC-47C6-A61D-0B2852103A3E}
NetBT_Tcpip_{4522C867-7D85-4B6D-8EE0-88E66E2B3724}
The browser is bound to 2 NetBt transports.
DC discovery test. . . . . . . . . : Passed
DC list test . . . . . . . . . . . : Passed
Trust relationship test. . . . . . : Skipped

What could be the problem?

Marc

 

[Wadoki]

I may be way off, but is WINS setup on the XP machines?

 

[Jpoandl]

Not sure..ICS is designed with little configuration on the clients. So, set the server with two nics (one for internet and one for intranet)..then set all clients to get a DHCP address (But don't actually have a DHCP server available..the client should get a 192.168.x.x address. They get this address when set to DHCP and a DHCP server is not available.) Then set the clients to detect an internet connection (through IE). That should do it...

I'm not sure why you are manually configuring DNS... Your clients will be using your ICS server for DNS resolution automatically.

If you have a need to configure any of the IP settings manually, I would suggest using NAT. ICS is designed for automatic settings...while NAT gives the administrator the ability to customize the network settings..

Hope this helps.. Joseph L. Poandl
MCSE 2000

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[GlenJohnson]

Check your hosts and lmhosts files also. Invalid settings can cause a ton of grief. Good luck. Glen A. Johnson
Microsoft Certified Professional

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