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DNS query returns differnt answers from W2K and Win98

Asked by studios in Miscellaneous Networking, Domain Name Service (DNS), Active Directory

Tags: win98, dns

A small network has a single Win2000 Server, two Win2K Pro workstations, and 2 Win98 Workstations. The server's name is "SERVER". The server is the DNS server and the WINS server. The network is NATted behind a firewall and the local network is 10.222.222.x.

When I type "PING SERVER" at the Win2K workstations, it correctly resolves to 10.222.222.1
When I type "PING SERVER" at the Win98 workstations, it incorrectly resolves to "server.local.clientdomain.com", and tries to ping a public IP address.  Since there are no public DNS records to match this request, the ping fails.

When I first setup the network, I made a bad choice and put part of the real domain name as the Active Directory domain.  When I realized it was a mistake, I tore out AD and put it back in-- DCPROMO out, DCPROMO in.   The Win98 resolution is to this old name -- the one I first used which turned out to be a mistake.

I have looked in the DNS cache files in C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DNS and can find no reference to the old value.  I have looked through the registries on the server and the workstations and can't find the text string of the wrong answer.

Where are the Win98 workstations getting this erroneous old DNS resolution?
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