Winxp DHCP and DNS client issue

[Guest]

Hi,

I am having an issue with Windows XP SP2 systems on our network.
These systems don't seem to use DNS to resolve names .

These machines are configured to pull IP address and DNS from DHCP server.
If i run ipconfig and all systems shows registered in DNS correctly.
It shows DNS server details with suffix domain is sequence.

If I do a ping from one of these systems I get "computer1" instead of
"computer1.domain.com".

At present i'm doing a workaround by appending dns domains names
manually.

Does anyone have an idea on what might be causing this?


Thanks in advance,

Regards,
Rajeesh

 

[Chuck]

Hi,

I am having an issue with Windows XP SP2 systems on our network.
These systems don't seem to use DNS to resolve names .

These machines are configured to pull IP address and DNS from DHCP server.
If i run ipconfig and all systems shows registered in DNS correctly.
It shows DNS server details with suffix domain is sequence.

If I do a ping from one of these systems I get "computer1" instead of
"computer1.domain.com".

At present i'm doing a workaround by appending dns domains names
manually.

Does anyone have an idea on what might be causing this?


Thanks in advance,

Regards,
Rajeesh

Rajeesh,

Do you have a local DNS server (not a DNS relay)?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/10/using-dns-relay-on-your-lan.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/10/using-dns-relay-on-your-lan.html

Name resolution is a fascinating subject. If you are actually using a DNS
server for name resolution, you have to configure both the clients, and the
server, properly.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/windows-xp-on-nt-domain.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/windows-xp-on-nt-domain.html

Most small LANs use name broadcasts.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/address-resolution-on-lan.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/address-resolution-on-lan.html