In our office, we have one win 2003 server with DNS. There is only one PC (win2000 client) cannot browes " When I use "nslookup the ip address is 69.5.214.75 which is correct. But, when I use "ping the ip address is "216.224.225.3". It is strange. How can i do to let the PC can browse the webpage?
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Name and IP adress mapping problem
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The PC in question isn't using DNS to resolve that name. It must be getting that name without asking a DNS server for it. Think: how would it do this? There are only two answers:
1. The pc has a bad resolution in its local DNS cache. But this would only be a problem until the cache expired, which is relatively quickly. To clear the cache, you go to a command-line and type "ipconfig /flushdns"
2. The pc has the host listed in its local hosts file. Go to Start -> Run. Type "drivers" there and click "OK". That will take you to a folder. Open the "etc" directory. Get properties on "hosts" and make sure that the "read-only" box is not checked. Now open that file using Notepad, and see if has an entry in it for your server. If so, either change it or delete it. Deleting is a better option.
Another way to check and see if you have something in your hosts file without actually looking in it is to do an "ipconfig /flushdns" and then immediately do an "ipconfig /displaydns". This will show you all the names that your system thinks that it doesn't need to ask a DNS server about. Usually they are there because of the contents of your hosts file.
Hope this helps you figure this out,
ShackDaddy
1. The pc has a bad resolution in its local DNS cache. But this would only be a problem until the cache expired, which is relatively quickly. To clear the cache, you go to a command-line and type "ipconfig /flushdns"
2. The pc has the host listed in its local hosts file. Go to Start -> Run. Type "drivers" there and click "OK". That will take you to a folder. Open the "etc" directory. Get properties on "hosts" and make sure that the "read-only" box is not checked. Now open that file using Notepad, and see if has an entry in it for your server. If so, either change it or delete it. Deleting is a better option.
Another way to check and see if you have something in your hosts file without actually looking in it is to do an "ipconfig /flushdns" and then immediately do an "ipconfig /displaydns". This will show you all the names that your system thinks that it doesn't need to ask a DNS server about. Usually they are there because of the contents of your hosts file.
Hope this helps you figure this out,
ShackDaddy
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