DNS Resolution & Internet Explorer

[StarTAC]

hi all...

i am running Windows 2000 Server, fully updated and everything, but i seem to have this constant problem with DNS resolution:

90% of the time, when I open Internet Explorer (IE), the first DNS resolution of the site i request WILL fail... to get it working, i'd simply have to refresh/F5 the web request...

this is happenning all the time, and it's sure guaranteed a first-time resolution will fail..

i am running an updated version of IE 5.0.. my DNS servers are running BIND-9.2.2 on Linux.. there have been no reports of this problem within my LAN, so i am guessing it's only i that's facing it..

if anybody has any ideas, as it's now becoming irritating..

all help appreciated..

 

[vbrocks]

Do an ipconfig /all at the command prompt and give us the info .....

If you do nslookup

http://www.microsoft.com

linuxdnsserver
What happens?

 

[GlenJohnson]

Who is your main DNS resolver, local or an isp? Are you running dns? You only state that you're running W2K server. Nothing about dns, dhcp, wins etc. How about error logs? Anything? Good luck, looking forward to more details.

Glen A. Johnson
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[StarTAC]

i work for an ISP, and only a handful of us have some form of experience with Windows OS...

we r currently running DHCP on our LAN, but i tested this problem with both statically and dynamically assigned IP addresses...

maybe wot i shd have mentioned is that i only have this problem with IE... any other application i run on my computer, be it Microsoft Ping, a mail client, an SSH terminal, basically anything that requires DNS to provide connectivity and usefulness, has no problem.. i only see this problem with IE..

the resolver i am using is on of the DNS servers on our network, that all of our clients use too..

again, this problem is only with IE.. any other Windows-based network-type application will work with no hitches..

all help appreciated..

 

[vbrocks]

If it is Internet Explorer then do a repair on it from install/remove programs this should fix your problem....