Local Intranet Sites Problem

[twooly]

This is a wierd one. Hopefully someone can shed some light on this. I have some pc's that are having problems getting to a local intranet site by the shorthostname and not the full hostname in Internet Explorer. (i.e they can get to

http://server.domain.com

but not

http://server).

DNS is working because they can go to the command prompt and ping server and it resolves to server.domain.com They just can't go to the shortname in Internet Explorer, they have to use the full name. Keep in mind others can do it just fine.

Thanks

 

[bcastner]

Step #1. Disable AutoComplete:
Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Internet.
Click the Advanced tab.
Click to clear the Use inline AutoComplete for Web address check box and the Use inline AutoComplete in Windows Explorer check box.
Click OK.

Step #2. Under IE, Tools, Internet Options, General Tab, clear the History.

Step #3. Reverse the steps in #1

 

[twooly]

Any other thoughts? That didn't do it.

 

[bcastner]

Some thoughts:

. if DNS resolution is occuring on the WAN side of your router, use the local IP of the intranet server. You cannot expect the router to do a reverse forward from its own WAN address.

. Make a HOSTS file entry.

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx my.domain.com my.domain my

You are allowed "alias" names on each entry. This will prevent the client from using your ISP's DNS servers to resolve an intranet address.



The Hosts file can be found in c:\winnt\drivers\etc and can be edited with notepad. (Make sure the HOSTS file does not get a file extension appended, like .txt. It has not extension).

 

[twooly]

This is on a LAN at a company with its own DNS servers. Nothing goes outside. All clients are internal

 

[bcastner]

Okay, but did you try a HOSTS entry?

http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...port/kb/articles/Q217/1/48.ASP&NoWebContent=1