DNS lookup fails on first attempt only

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mwsenecal

I'm running into an interesting problem, and I was hoping someone could
give me some insight.

Basically, any time I try to connect to a web page DNS fails, but only
at the first attempt to load the page. Any subsequent attempt (even an
immediate one by hitting refresh) is successful and the page loads
fine.

Any idea what could be causing this quirk? I'm running Windows 2000 SP4.
 
More then likely the first DNS server in your list under your IP
configuration is not working properly. It will timeout and then the second
request will go to the next DNS server which will respond. The information
will get cached and the site will work until that times out. You might want
to run a dig or nslookup check against the first DNS server listing.

Regards,
Ed Horley
Microsoft MVP Server - Networking
 
Hi,

Thanks for the info. I actually don't have any other DNS server -- just
the one. Is there any other possible issue at play here? Could the DNS
server be flaky? I've checked, and my TCP/IP settings are configured
properly.

Thanks!
 
Odd, at this point I would ask to see the output from doing:
ipconfig /all
or
netsh interface ip show dns

That might give me a better idea of what is going on.

Regards,
Ed
Microsoft MVP Server - Networking
 
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