NSlookup error

[andykg]

As I write this the keyword search is down so I appologise if this has been posted.

I have just recently added 2 ISP DNS addresses to my NT4 server, when I go to a DOS prompt and do an NSlookup I get the error

***Can't find server name for address 192.168....:Non-existant domain
***Default servers are not available.

Anyone shed some light on the error as trawling the internet hasnt found anything relant.

 

[Aslamvs]

hi,

You are experiencing a common problem caused by an improperly configured reverse arpa (in-addr.arpa) zone.

When the NSLOOKUP program starts it goes to the TCP/IP configuration for the system on which it is running. From the configuration it determines the IP address of the DNS server that the system is configured to use. The NSLOOKUP does a reverse lookup using the IP address of the DNS server and tries to determine the name of the server.

If the reverse arpa zone for that IP address is not set up correctly, then NSLOOKUP cannot determine the name associated with that IP address, and it displays the error message given above.

To fix this problem you need to properly configure the reverse arpa zone for the IP address of the DNS server, and make sure that the reverse arpa is properly delegated to the server.

Here is some info abt DNS

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q164213

HTH Aslam