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DNS problem - urgent !
Help !
My fairly newly created DNS has stopped working. Not sure what I've done. Need help ...
1. Simple '20 user domain'
2. DC has DNS on it - clients use DHCP - 'A' records have been registering OK
3. The gateway is a GNATBOX which is working fine
4. The DNS fails the 'recurrsive' test
5. Forwarders are set to 'pingable' external DNSs
6. If I bypass our DNS using DHCP (set to external DNS's) ... all is well ... but I don't know what I've done wrong here
So, I need an expert to walk me through DNS testing.
Perhaps to add to the confusion, there are 2 NICS on this machine, a 192.9.200.10 address (for the subnet it is suppling) and a 10.10.1.100 address, so I can remotely use it from my office (i'm on another domain) ... I don't think this is having a baring, but it might.
Any help pleeeeeeeeeease
Thanks,
S.S.
My fairly newly created DNS has stopped working. Not sure what I've done. Need help ...
1. Simple '20 user domain'
2. DC has DNS on it - clients use DHCP - 'A' records have been registering OK
3. The gateway is a GNATBOX which is working fine
4. The DNS fails the 'recurrsive' test
5. Forwarders are set to 'pingable' external DNSs
6. If I bypass our DNS using DHCP (set to external DNS's) ... all is well ... but I don't know what I've done wrong here
So, I need an expert to walk me through DNS testing.
Perhaps to add to the confusion, there are 2 NICS on this machine, a 192.9.200.10 address (for the subnet it is suppling) and a 10.10.1.100 address, so I can remotely use it from my office (i'm on another domain) ... I don't think this is having a baring, but it might.
Any help pleeeeeeeeeease
Thanks,
S.S.
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Yeah - both are listed in interfaces.
I'm using 2 nics because (deep breath) ... I need to administer it from my subnet (10.10.1.0) and the router doesn't pass through my Remote Software (at the moment) ... so it's just so I can access it easily from this side of the network ... does that make sense ?
(It's chaos around here right now ... seat of the pants stuff)
Anything else I need to check ?
S.S.
I'm using 2 nics because (deep breath) ... I need to administer it from my subnet (10.10.1.0) and the router doesn't pass through my Remote Software (at the moment) ... so it's just so I can access it easily from this side of the network ... does that make sense ?
(It's chaos around here right now ... seat of the pants stuff)
Anything else I need to check ?
S.S.
ASKER
Solved ...
I went to the machine locally and DISABLED the 2nd card to my 10.10.1.0 network ... i restarted the services and it went off first time.
Although this is solved, this is a pain, as I can't use the 2nd NIC ... any idea what setting may of been wrong ? It seemed like the DNS wanted to default to the 10.10.1.0 nic for things like NSLOOKUP ... when it should really be using the 192.9.200. address ...
Thanks,
S.S.
I went to the machine locally and DISABLED the 2nd card to my 10.10.1.0 network ... i restarted the services and it went off first time.
Although this is solved, this is a pain, as I can't use the 2nd NIC ... any idea what setting may of been wrong ? It seemed like the DNS wanted to default to the 10.10.1.0 nic for things like NSLOOKUP ... when it should really be using the 192.9.200. address ...
Thanks,
S.S.
ASKER
oh god ! no it's still not working ... it's passed both tests on the DNS server though ... that must be progress ...
I really, really am in the wrong job.
*sigh*
S.S.
I really, really am in the wrong job.
*sigh*
S.S.
ASKER
OK .. it's definately, definately, definately working now ... *sigh*
I will just have to find a way around my dual NIC 'solution' which clearly is confusing the hell out of it
Thanks,
S.S.
I will just have to find a way around my dual NIC 'solution' which clearly is confusing the hell out of it
Thanks,
S.S.
<laughing>. No problem friend. When you are sure its working then close this question.
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ASKER
"can't find server name for address 10.10.1.100"
S.S.