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DNS Duplicate IP Address

How can i stop duplicate ip address on our DNS server???
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The clients get ip address from a DHCP server but some how there's a problem with the configuration of DNS maybe ....like the same ip address for two (2) different workstation...
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You may have an ip address conflict, but I don't think it's a DNS problem.

If you're using dynamic DNS, then clients are registering their addresses in DNS - so the problem is with the client, not DNS.

If you're not using dynamic DNS, then the host addresses are entered manually and you can just re-type the correct address.

In the properties of your DHCP server you can enable conflict detection - this means the server does a test ping for an address before giving it out. This should help prevent the problem. In the meantime, you need to find out who's causing the conflict.

try ping -a
look in the WINS database
try capturing network traffic with a sniffer

these may help you find the culprit.
Do you have any networking hardware, such as a firewall, that has DCHP serving abilities?
If you do, this device might be giving out ip addresses on the same range as your DHCP server.

If this is the case, turn off the DHCP server on the networking device.
In addition to the good advice above, do you have ICS enabled on your network? If so, ICS also has a dhcp server. Really, if using dhcp, the only way for this to happen would be a second dhcp server, or someone has statically assinged and ip that is in the scope of the dhcp server
JammyPak- Could this be the reason of a duplicate if the conflict detection is set to 0?? cause ours is 0... the network traffic sniffer, is this for free?? what can the sniffer do for troubleshooting??


stevenlewis- What's ICS...

Thanks guys.....
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no we don't have it enabled i guess...
Having DHCP conflict detection turned off is not the reason you have a conflict, but if it had been on it might have avoided the conflict.

As stevenlewis said, with DHCP, there's two ways you could be getting a conflict - either you've got a rogue DHCP server out there, or someone has given themselves a static address.

Network Monitor is a free MS sniffer - the lite version comes with Server, the full version comes with SMS. If you can't find out who the offender is using these tools, you may just have to pay a visit to each and every computer... :(
I don't think there's somebody giving themselves a static address though, cause of (GPO) but i will try to find out if we have other firewall DHCP or something...

Thanks...
Question: -> The problem always happens with same machines?
If yes,
What is your NIC? IF your NIC is something cheap like Realtek you may have NICs with the same MAC Address, then there is the problem. When the machine broadcast for a IP the DHCP server conclude that they are the same machine.

I hope i helped u.
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Rafael Cardoso
They are different workstation though but i will try to investigate the NIC...

Thanks
So how did it happen?
I did not try it yet, but i will keep you guys posted...

Thanks
I have the same problem. On my DNS server, I see duplicated IP add on the same client. I tried scavenging but did not help. Any thoughts?