Faulty DNS?

[GlenJohnson]

I've been having some strange problems, mostly with Active Directory users and computers causing one of my servers to lock up. The problem pc is called NTS3. It's a brand new server, been in place about a year and it's one of two DC's in the domain. NTS1 is a NT4.0 upgrade and was the very first Windows server in what was primarilly a Novell 4.0 network. I've inherited this network, and I'm starting to think the dns is not set up correctly. I didn't set up the dns or wins, and we're not using dhcp. All servers have fixed ips.

If I set NTS1 as the preferred dns server in my tcp/ip settings at my local pc, and do an nslookup from dos I get:

Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]
(C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp.

C:\.nslookup
Default Server: nts1.rpcnt.com
Address: 172.16.10.52

If I reverse nts1 and nts3 so nts3 is my default dns server, then do a nslookup I get:


Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]
(C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp.

C:\>nslookup
Default Server: _ldap._tcp.RPCNT._sites.rpcnt.com
Address: 172.16.0.2

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Has anybody seen this before? Whats causing the difference?
Thanks in advance. Glen A. Johnson
Microsoft Certified Professional
glen@nellsgiftbox.com

"There is nothing in this world constant but inconstancy."
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745); Irish author.