DNS Problems

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Henry

As part of trying to solve an ADSL problem in a previous post the following
info may assist.

As the ADSL connection will not work I also have two dial up connections
configured:
Connection one is for the same ISP that provides the ADSL connection I am
having problems with
Connection two is for a totally different ISP

When I dial up using connection two I can do everything, browse, news etc
etc
When I dial up using connection one, I can only access the ISP's home page.
I am unable to access www.google.com, www.microsoft.com etc. When I try to
access www.google.com it then tries www.www.google.com then
www.google.com.edu etc etc as it tries all the different domains finally it
tries to access auto.search.msn.com without success.


To me this appears to be a DNS issue however I know this is not an ISP issue
as it's been a problem for the last week.

Any ideas ?
 
Thanks ACE

The machine is a Small Business Server 2000 (PDC)
The machine does run DNS.

The config is as follows:

*************************************************
No Dial up connection
*************************************************
C:\>ipconfig/all

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : angus
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . : smallbusiness.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : smallbusiness.local

Ethernet adapter Internal NIC:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel 8255x-based PCI Ethernet
Adapter (10/100)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-06-5B-19-F7-3C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2

C:\>


*************************************************
This connection works
*************************************************
C:\>ipconfig/all

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : angus
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . : smallbusiness.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : smallbusiness.local

Ethernet adapter Internal NIC:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel 8255x-based PCI Ethernet
Adapter (10/100)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-06-5B-19-F7-3C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2

PPP adapter AAPT:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 61.68.114.164
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 61.68.114.164
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.189.54.26
192.189.54.37
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

C:\>


*************************************************
This connection doesn't work
*************************************************
C:\>ipconfig/all

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : angus
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . : smallbusiness.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : smallbusiness.local

Ethernet adapter Internal NIC:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel 8255x-based PCI Ethernet
Adapt
er (10/100)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-06-5B-19-F7-3C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2

PPP adapter BigPond Dial-Up Business:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 203.40.165.39
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 203.40.165.39
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 203.49.70.92
139.134.2.190
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

C:\>


"Ace Fekay [MVP]"
 
Ace, thanks for your time and assistance.
I required the dial up working whilst I resolved issues with our adsl
connection however now the adsl problem has been fixed and the dial up is no
longer required..
Once the adsl connection started working the server have been logging event
in the application log relating to policies which I suspect may have been
corrupt etc and causing the problems all along, just a guess.

I have posted these problems in the group today.

Thanks once again.

Henry


"Ace Fekay [MVP]"
 
In
Henry said:
As part of trying to solve an ADSL problem in a previous post the
following info may assist.

As the ADSL connection will not work I also have two dial up
connections configured:
Connection one is for the same ISP that provides the ADSL connection
I am having problems with
Connection two is for a totally different ISP

When I dial up using connection two I can do everything, browse, news
etc etc
When I dial up using connection one, I can only access the ISP's home
page. I am unable to access www.google.com, www.microsoft.com etc.
When I try to access www.google.com it then tries www.www.google.com
then www.google.com.edu etc etc as it tries all the different domains
finally it tries to access auto.search.msn.com without success.


To me this appears to be a DNS issue however I know this is not an
ISP issue as it's been a problem for the last week.

Any ideas ?
Click to expand...

Well, there's not enough information about your infrastructure, what type of
machine the connection is on (domain controller, member server, the NAT
server for the infrastructure, etc) to venture a guess here, so I'm going to
assume that you're not running DNS or AD internally, and it';s just a stand
alone machine. If this is the case, I would tend to think that it's in the
ADSL connection properties. Have you contacted your ISP about this?

How about this, provide an ipconfig /all (unedited) when connected to
connection1 and one for connection2 so we can compare what DNS servers are
being used for each connection.


--
Regards,
Ace

Please direct all replies to the newsgroup so all can benefit.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties.

Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory
 
In
Henry said:
Thanks ACE

The machine is a Small Business Server 2000 (PDC)
The machine does run DNS.

The config is as follows:

*************************************************
No Dial up connection
*************************************************
C:\>ipconfig/all

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : angus
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . : smallbusiness.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : smallbusiness.local

Ethernet adapter Internal NIC:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel 8255x-based PCI
Ethernet Adapter (10/100)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-06-5B-19-F7-3C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2

C:\>


*************************************************
This connection works
*************************************************
C:\>ipconfig/all

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : angus
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . : smallbusiness.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : smallbusiness.local

Ethernet adapter Internal NIC:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel 8255x-based PCI
Ethernet Adapter (10/100)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-06-5B-19-F7-3C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2

PPP adapter AAPT:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 61.68.114.164
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 61.68.114.164
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.189.54.26
192.189.54.37
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

C:\>


*************************************************
This connection doesn't work
*************************************************
C:\>ipconfig/all

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : angus
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . : smallbusiness.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : smallbusiness.local

Ethernet adapter Internal NIC:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel 8255x-based PCI
Ethernet Adapt
er (10/100)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-06-5B-19-F7-3C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2

PPP adapter BigPond Dial-Up Business:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 203.40.165.39
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 203.40.165.39
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 203.49.70.92
139.134.2.190
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

C:\>


"Ace Fekay [MVP]"
Click to expand...

Thanks for posting that info Henry. My first try would be to substitute the
or force the DNS settings to be the servers from the first connection that
does work. Go into it's properties, iP properties, and click the radio
button to use a specific DNS and type those in from the connection that
works.

--
Regards,
Ace

Please direct all replies to the newsgroup so all can benefit.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties.

Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory
 
In
Henry said:
Ace, thanks for your time and assistance.
I required the dial up working whilst I resolved issues with our adsl
connection however now the adsl problem has been fixed and the dial
up is no longer required..
Once the adsl connection started working the server have been logging
event in the application log relating to policies which I suspect may
have been corrupt etc and causing the problems all along, just a
guess.

I have posted these problems in the group today.

Thanks once again.

Henry
Click to expand...

Ok. I'll look for your post to see if I can help if no one else has already
responded.

--
Regards,
Ace

Please direct all replies to the newsgroup so all can benefit.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties.

Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory
 
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