DNS Test Failed

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Keith A. Hebert

I have win2k server and 10 clients. All clients are XP Pro. Login takes
forever and after reading posts here I followed instructions on set up DNS
and when I run netdiag I get the following. I have no idea what the 'NetBT
name test' warning means and can't find a way to fix DNS. Any help would be
greatly appreciated and thanks.

NetBT transports test. . . . . . . : Passed
List of NetBt transports currently configured:
NetBT_Tcpip_{E10BDAC2-56F3-459D-AE66-8ABDC5C4FFE6}
1 NetBt transport currently configured.


Autonet address test . . . . . . . : Passed


IP loopback ping test. . . . . . . : Passed


Default gateway test . . . . . . . : Passed


NetBT name test. . . . . . . . . . : Passed
[WARNING] You don't have a single interface with the <00> 'WorkStation
Service', <03> 'Messenger Service', <20> 'WINS' names defined.


Winsock test . . . . . . . . . . . : Passed


DNS test . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Failed
[WARNING] Cannot find a primary authoritative DNS server for the
name
'Techserv.trs.local.'. [RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE]
The name 'Techserv.trs.local.' may not be registered in DNS.
[WARNING] The DNS entries for this DC are not registered correctly on
DNS server '192.168.1.2'. Please wait for 30 minutes for DNS server
replication.
[FATAL] No DNS servers have the DNS records for this DC registered.
 
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Keith A. Hebert said:
I have win2k server and 10 clients. All clients are XP Pro. Login
takes forever and after reading posts here I followed instructions on
set up DNS and when I run netdiag I get the following. I have no idea
what the 'NetBT name test' warning means and can't find a way to fix
DNS. Any help would be greatly appreciated and thanks.

NetBT transports test. . . . . . . : Passed
List of NetBt transports currently configured:
NetBT_Tcpip_{E10BDAC2-56F3-459D-AE66-8ABDC5C4FFE6}
1 NetBt transport currently configured.


Autonet address test . . . . . . . : Passed


IP loopback ping test. . . . . . . : Passed


Default gateway test . . . . . . . : Passed


NetBT name test. . . . . . . . . . : Passed
[WARNING] You don't have a single interface with the <00>
'WorkStation Service', <03> 'Messenger Service', <20> 'WINS' names
defined.


Winsock test . . . . . . . . . . . : Passed


DNS test . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Failed
[WARNING] Cannot find a primary authoritative DNS server
for the name
'Techserv.trs.local.'. [RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE]
The name 'Techserv.trs.local.' may not be registered in
DNS. [WARNING] The DNS entries for this DC are not registered
correctly on
DNS server '192.168.1.2'. Please wait for 30 minutes for DNS server
replication.
[FATAL] No DNS servers have the DNS records for this DC
registered.
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Some guidelines with AD DNS SRV registration:

1. Point to only your internal DNS. No ISP's DNS please.

2. Primary DNS Suffix MUST be the same name as the AD DNS Domain name. IF
the Suffix is a different name or empty, then tat condition is called a
"Disjointed Namespace". A script can fix this. Hopefully is not a single
label name (see 4 below).

3. That same name MUST be spelled the same as the zone in DNS with updates
set to at least Yes.

4. Your domain name cannot be a single label name, such as "domain". It must
be in the form of "domain.com". If this is the case, a domain rename or
reinstall may be warrated. THere is a "bandaid" that will force DNS to allow
DCs to register a single label name into DNS, but it will NOT help XP
clients. They balk at single label names and resolution fails for them.
*IF* this is your case, see here for the bandaid, but suggest to fix it
somehow.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=300684




--
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
 
I tried all of those things. I am pointing to an ISP DNS but I can't find
where or how. My DNS has the same name which is 'techserv.trs.local' and as
far as I can tell my names all match. My vclient is showing an ISP dns when
I use netdiag but I am telling it top use my DNS. I have gone through the
steps below and if any of these are wrong I can't find where or how. Can you
tell me where or how to tell? Sorry but DNS is not one of my strong points
to say the least. Thanks
"Ace Fekay [MVP]"
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Keith A. Hebert said:
I have win2k server and 10 clients. All clients are XP Pro. Login
takes forever and after reading posts here I followed instructions on
set up DNS and when I run netdiag I get the following. I have no idea
what the 'NetBT name test' warning means and can't find a way to fix
DNS. Any help would be greatly appreciated and thanks.

NetBT transports test. . . . . . . : Passed
List of NetBt transports currently configured:
NetBT_Tcpip_{E10BDAC2-56F3-459D-AE66-8ABDC5C4FFE6}
1 NetBt transport currently configured.


Autonet address test . . . . . . . : Passed


IP loopback ping test. . . . . . . : Passed


Default gateway test . . . . . . . : Passed


NetBT name test. . . . . . . . . . : Passed
[WARNING] You don't have a single interface with the <00>
'WorkStation Service', <03> 'Messenger Service', <20> 'WINS' names
defined.


Winsock test . . . . . . . . . . . : Passed


DNS test . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Failed
[WARNING] Cannot find a primary authoritative DNS server
for the name
'Techserv.trs.local.'. [RCODE_SERVER_FAILURE]
The name 'Techserv.trs.local.' may not be registered in
DNS. [WARNING] The DNS entries for this DC are not registered
correctly on
DNS server '192.168.1.2'. Please wait for 30 minutes for DNS server
replication.
[FATAL] No DNS servers have the DNS records for this DC
registered.
Click to expand...

Some guidelines with AD DNS SRV registration:

1. Point to only your internal DNS. No ISP's DNS please.

2. Primary DNS Suffix MUST be the same name as the AD DNS Domain name. IF
the Suffix is a different name or empty, then tat condition is called a
"Disjointed Namespace". A script can fix this. Hopefully is not a single
label name (see 4 below).

3. That same name MUST be spelled the same as the zone in DNS with updates
set to at least Yes.

4. Your domain name cannot be a single label name, such as "domain". It must
be in the form of "domain.com". If this is the case, a domain rename or
reinstall may be warrated. THere is a "bandaid" that will force DNS to allow
DCs to register a single label name into DNS, but it will NOT help XP
clients. They balk at single label names and resolution fails for them.
*IF* this is your case, see here for the bandaid, but suggest to fix it
somehow.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=300684




--
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
Click to expand...
 
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Keith A. Hebert said:
I tried all of those things. I am pointing to an ISP DNS but I can't
find where or how.
Click to expand...

Sorry, this doesn't make sense. Can you post an Unedited ipconfig /all and
let us take a look?
My DNS has the same name which is
'techserv.trs.local' and as far as I can tell my names all match. My
vclient is showing an ISP dns when I use netdiag but I am telling it
top use my DNS. I have gone through the steps below and if any of
these are wrong I can't find where or how. Can you tell me where or
how to tell? Sorry but DNS is not one of my strong points to say the
least. Thanks
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I'm not sure what a "vclient" is. Can you elaborate?

Post that info I asked above and let's start off with that.
I assume that the Active Directory DNS Domain name is 'techserv.trs.local'
(as it shows up in your ADUC console as the domain name).

--
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
 
The vclient is a typo/ Sorry. Here is my ipcong /all.

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

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

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82540EM Based Network
Conne
ction
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-20-ED-7F-87-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2


"Ace Fekay [MVP]"
 
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Keith A. Hebert said:
The vclient is a typo/ Sorry. Here is my ipcong /all.

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

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

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82540EM Based
Network Conne
ction
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-20-ED-7F-87-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
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Below is a statement from your previous post.
I tried all of those things. I am pointing to an ISP DNS but I can't
find where or how. My DNS has the same name which is
'techserv.trs.local' and as far as I can tell my names all match. My
Click to expand...

What is the name of your forward lookup zone?
It should be "trs.local" if the zone name is "techserv.trs.local" then that
is most likely the problem. Since DNS does not have the correct name it is
being forwarded to your ISP. Create the zone as trs.local run ipconfig
/flushdns restart netlogon the run ipconfig /registerdns
 
Thanks I will try that.

Kevin D. Goodknecht said:
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Below is a statement from your previous post.

What is the name of your forward lookup zone?
It should be "trs.local" if the zone name is "techserv.trs.local" then that
is most likely the problem. Since DNS does not have the correct name it is
being forwarded to your ISP. Create the zone as trs.local run ipconfig
/flushdns restart netlogon the run ipconfig /registerdns
Click to expand...
 
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