DNS - Root Hints Issue

[timsayles1]

I am currently having the following problem:

I have a Windows 2003 server behind a Cisco PIX firewall. The firewall is open to web traffic, but most other ports are locked down. I am unable to get into the PIX to check and see what port are or are not actually open due to contractural restriction. Anyway.. I have been running my Windows 2003 server for a while with DNS using root hints for DNS resolution. Well, on Friday it stopped. So I set it to redirect queries to our ISP for lookup. That worked hit or miss all day. On Sat I installed a second DNS server outside the firewall and set the Windows 2003 server to redirect queries to it. The second server was using root hints for DNS lookup. That, right now is solving the problem.

Does anyone have a suggestion on getting root hints lookup to working again on my Windows 2003 server behind the firewall? I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling DNS to no avail.

Thanks in advance....

 

[lanman1865]

same issue here. Upgraded Windows 2000 DC to Windows 2003 and now when I run dcdiag /test:dns I get errors with the root hints.

TEST: Forwarders/Root hints (Forw)
Error: Root hints list has invalid root hint server: a.root-se
vers.net. (198.41.0.4)
Error: Root hints list has invalid root hint server: b.root-se
vers.net. (192.228.79.201)
Error: Root hints list has invalid root hint server: c.root-se
vers.net. (192.33.4.12)
Error: Root hints list has invalid root hint server: d.root-se
vers.net. (128.8.10.90)
Error: Root hints list has invalid root hint server: e.root-se
vers.net. (192.203.230.10)
Error: Root hints list has invalid root hint server: f.root-se
vers.net. (192.5.5.241)
Error: Root hints list has invalid root hint server: h.root-se
vers.net. (128.63.2.53)
Error: Root hints list has invalid root hint server: i.root-se
vers.net. (192.36.148.17)
Error: Root hints list has invalid root hint server: j.root-se
vers.net. (192.58.128.30)
Error: Root hints list has invalid root hint server: k.root-se
vers.net. (193.0.14.129)
Error: Root hints list has invalid root hint server: l.root-se
vers.net. (198.32.64.12)
Error: Root hints list has invalid root hint server: m.root-se
vers.net. (202.12.27.33)

Summary of test results for DNS servers used by the above domain contro
lers:

DNS server: 128.63.2.53 (h.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
This is not a valid DNS server. PTR record query for the 1.0.0.12
.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DNS server 128.63.2.53

DNS server: 128.8.10.90 (d.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
This is not a valid DNS server. PTR record query for the 1.0.0.12
.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DNS server 128.8.10.90

DNS server: 192.203.230.10 (e.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
This is not a valid DNS server. PTR record query for the 1.0.0.12
.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DNS server 192.203.230.10

DNS server: 192.228.79.201 (b.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
This is not a valid DNS server. PTR record query for the 1.0.0.12
.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DNS server 192.228.79.201

DNS server: 192.33.4.12 (c.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
This is not a valid DNS server. PTR record query for the 1.0.0.12
.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DNS server 192.33.4.12

DNS server: 192.36.148.17 (i.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
This is not a valid DNS server. PTR record query for the 1.0.0.12
.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DNS server 192.36.148.17

DNS server: 192.5.5.241 (f.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
This is not a valid DNS server. PTR record query for the 1.0.0.12
.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DNS server 192.5.5.241

DNS server: 192.58.128.30 (j.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
This is not a valid DNS server. PTR record query for the 1.0.0.12
.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DNS server 192.58.128.30

DNS server: 193.0.14.129 (k.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
This is not a valid DNS server. PTR record query for the 1.0.0.12
.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DNS server 193.0.14.129

DNS server: 198.32.64.12 (l.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
This is not a valid DNS server. PTR record query for the 1.0.0.12
.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DNS server 198.32.64.12

DNS server: 198.41.0.4 (a.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
This is not a valid DNS server. PTR record query for the 1.0.0.12
.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DNS server 198.41.0.4

DNS server: 202.12.27.33 (m.root-servers.net.)
1 test failure on this DNS server
This is not a valid DNS server. PTR record query for the 1.0.0.12
.in-addr.arpa. failed on the DNS server 202.12.27.33

 

[technome]

Root hint errors...
Do you have Microsoft tcp/ip version 6 installed, in the local area network properties of the network card ? Dump it

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