IIS machine appears as domain controller

[bentley45]

I have a W2k3 domain running WINS and DNS.

I have this WINS entry for a W2kpro machine:

inet~services [1Ch] Domain Controller

This workstation runs IIS, but is, of course, not a DC.

I have no idea how long the entry has been there, but is it a problem? I have had complaints over the past year of intermittent slow network access, but not sure if this is the cause.

Thanks for any insight!

 

[WhoKilledKenny]

That is strange... If you do an nbtstat -a [IP Address of workstation] does it come back with a <1C> or <1Ch> entry or is this just in the WINS database? Is the record in WINS a static entry? If so, I would remove it. From my experience, any client that can be a WINS client (like Win2k Pro) should never have a static mapping in WINS.

 

[bentley45]

Nbstat -a returns: inet~services <1C> group

That is different from what I see in Wins and it is not a static entry.

??

 

[WhoKilledKenny]

I don't think you would see <1c> records in WINS. I would start googling for information. Sorry, I have not seen that before. At first, I thought maybe some tried to run DCPROMO on that machine, but it's Win2kPro, so you can't.

You could also remove the WINS entry and let it re-register, but before doing that I would want to find out why the <1C> exists when doing nbtstat.

 

[bentley45]

I will keep looking.

Odd thing, after I came back from lunch, another machine is now listed in WINS as inet~services Domain controller (it's not a DC either) and the original W2kpro machine no longer has that entry.

Weird.

Thanks for your help.