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Maybe it's a CNAME record?<br />

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or maybe when you ping it, the former A record is in hosts file.
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or maybe when you ping it, the former A record is in hosts file.

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check C:\Windows\system32\driver<wbr />s\etc\host<wbr />s file, see if you can find it.
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check C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file, see if you can find it.

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There is no host record nor is there a cname record. I also did dnscmd /clearcache
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There is no host record nor is there a cname record. I also did dnscmd /clearcache

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perform an nslookup on the record and if it's WINS, the nslookup will fail...
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perform an nslookup on the record and if it's WINS, the nslookup will fail...

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This was the solution! Both WINS Servers had the entry. After removing from Both, I could not find it with nslookup.<br />
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Thanks!
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This was the solution! Both WINS Servers had the entry. After removing from Both, I could not find it with nslookup.

Thanks!

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I am not finding an certain A record in Active Directory DNS, however when I ping that A record, I get a response of a former A record. This is after doing a DNS Flush several times. Why is that?
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I am not finding an certain A record in Active Directory DNS, however when I ping that A record, I get a response of a former A record. This is after doing a DNS Flush several times. Why is that?

DNS Issue

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical, globally distributed system responsible for associating the name of a computer, service or other resource into an IP address for connecting to the Internet or a private network. Most prominently, it translates domain names to the numerical IP addresses needed for the purpose of computer services and devices worldwide.

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