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Windows 2003 DNS Resolutin Issue relating to Routing and Remote Access Interfaces

Asked by bserebin in Windows 2003 Server

Hello,

I've run into a resolution issue. I'm running Windows 2003 Server as part of AD. Users VPN in using Routing and Remote Access (RARA). The problem is, I've noticed some users experiencing issues resolving the server computer name since DNS lists 2 different A records IP addresses for the same server name. And Outlook gets confused. In the meantime, I started to hard code the IP/name for the Exchange Server into each client's hosts file, and then decided to simply delete the extra A record. I'm afraid it's going to come back when that IP registers itself, so anyone know how to disable this IP (part of RARA) from listing in DNS instead of having to maintain the hosts files on client's computers?

Within RARA, under IP Routing and General, if I right click and select IP Addresses, I see 4 IP address listed below. Yet, the visible windows only shows 3 interfaces (127.0.0.1, 192.168.80.112, & 192.168.80.8)

The IP addresses
1) Loopback
127.0.0.1

2) Internal Interface (virtual)
192.168.80.112 & 255.255.255.255

PPP adapter RAS Server (Dial In) Interface:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.80.112
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

3) Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Interface (real)
192.168.80.8 & 255.255.255.0)

Ethernet adapter Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapter - Onboard - Link A:


   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-56-BB-8A-C0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.80.8
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.80.1
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.80.2
                                       192.168.80.8

4) No idea what this is, also visible in "ipconfig /all" and listed as a PPP RAS IP.
192.168.234.235 & 255.255.255.255

PPP adapter {64953180-85CD-4CF9-85F0-71E4AD5E5479}:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.234.235
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Thanks,
-Ben
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