client machine not registering with DNS

[Guest Saqib Ali]

We have "some" machines that fail to register with the dynamic DNS.

The machines are all part of the Active Directory, and I can see the

machines in the Computer OU. However nslookup on the machine name

fails. This only happens with a handful of machines. The rest of them

register with the DNS fine. All the machine are identical.

 

We use BIND for dynamic DNS.

 

I have already tried uninstalling / reinstalling the network driver,

repairing the TCP/IP stack, and re-installing the Printer and File

Sharing client.

 

Anyway to force the machine to register itself with the DNS?

 

saqib

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[Guest Ryan Hanisco]

RE: client machine not registering with DNS

 

Saqib Ali,

 

I take it you've already tried running ipconfig /registerdns on the

workstations.

 

This will force the workstation to make the request to update DNS. If it is

not working from there, I would have you start looking at network or

permissions problems. If you have the right DNS server specified, this

should do it... even for BIND.

 

Good luck!!

--

Ryan Hanisco

MCSE, MCTS: SQL 2005, Project+

Chicago, IL

 

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"Saqib Ali" wrote:

> We have "some" machines that fail to register with the dynamic DNS.

> The machines are all part of the Active Directory, and I can see the

> machines in the Computer OU. However nslookup on the machine name

> fails. This only happens with a handful of machines. The rest of them

> register with the DNS fine. All the machine are identical.

>

> We use BIND for dynamic DNS.

>

> I have already tried uninstalling / reinstalling the network driver,

> repairing the TCP/IP stack, and re-installing the Printer and File

> Sharing client.

>

> Anyway to force the machine to register itself with the DNS?

>

> saqib

> http://www.linkedin.com/in/encryption

>

>

[Guest Saqib Ali]

Re: client machine not registering with DNS

 

> I take it you've already tried running ipconfig /registerdns on the

> workstations.

 

yup already did that few times. It says:

"Registration of the DNS resource records for all adapters of this

computer has been initiated. Any errors will be reported in the Event

Viewer in 15 minutes.."

 

But the client machine still does register. And there are no entries

in the Event Log related to the issue. :-(

 

saqib

http://www.linkedin.com/in/encryption

[Guest Coraleigh Miller]

Re: client machine not registering with DNS

 

Hi Saqib,

 

Is it possible that there is another server in your network serving DHCP

which is not connected to your DNS server?

Just out of curiosity can you nslookup after manually entering the DNS ips

in the nic? Is the DNS the only issue with the workstations connectivity,

are you able to browse the network from an affected workstation using IPs?

 

Coraleigh Miller

 

"Saqib Ali" <docbook.xml@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> We have "some" machines that fail to register with the dynamic DNS.

> The machines are all part of the Active Directory, and I can see the

> machines in the Computer OU. However nslookup on the machine name

> fails. This only happens with a handful of machines. The rest of them

> register with the DNS fine. All the machine are identical.

>

> We use BIND for dynamic DNS.

>

> I have already tried uninstalling / reinstalling the network driver,

> repairing the TCP/IP stack, and re-installing the Printer and File

> Sharing client.

>

> Anyway to force the machine to register itself with the DNS?

>

> saqib

> http://www.linkedin.com/in/encryption

>