DNS Server or workstation?

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The primary DNS server is Windows server 2003 and the secondary is Windows Server 2000. The problem is when the primary DNS server is unavailable the workstation (XP Professional) is not failing over to the secondary DNS server. Any help will be appreciated.
 
What app is not failing over? Are you using nslookup, dig or other to
verify this?

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sbg9199 said:
The primary DNS server is Windows server 2003 and the secondary is Windows
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Server 2000. The problem is when the primary DNS server is unavailable the
workstation (XP Professional) is not failing over to the secondary DNS
server. Any help will be appreciated.
 
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sbg9199 said:
I'm using nslookup. If I put in a "bogus" Primary DNS the workstation
(which was imaged with Ghost) does not fail over to the secondary
DNS.
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nslookup has it's own method of resolution. Try specifyin the -d2 option to
see each hit.

Also suggest to try it with ping or even with WIlliam's NetDig, found at
www.mvptools.org.



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sbg9199 said:
Thanks for everyones help. The problem was on the server.
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So what was the problem?

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SBG9199 said:
Primary DNS was configured incorrectly.
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Hey, cool, thanks for posting back, thought you were gone.

Curious, can you elaborate on what was configured incorrectly? We usually
learn from stuff like this!

Thanks!

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Ace

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