cannot ping DC / DNS domain

Hi All,

I am having 2003 std DC with DNS server installed. The server's name is
"mailsrvr", and the domain is "di.local".

Now, everything runs fine, and I can ping "mailsrvr" and
"mailsrvr.di.local", getting the right IP.

But if I try to ping just "di.local", I get error "cannot find host".

DCdiag, and NetDiag are also giving me errors.

Any help?

Thanx in advance,

Zoran

Check that your DNS server has a SOA record that corresponds to one of your
DC's.

What do NETDIAG and DCDIAG show?

"Kizetoni" wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I am having 2003 std DC with DNS server installed. The server's name is
> "mailsrvr", and the domain is "di.local".
>
> Now, everything runs fine, and I can ping "mailsrvr" and
> "mailsrvr.di.local", getting the right IP.
>
> But if I try to ping just "di.local", I get error "cannot find host".
>
> DCdiag, and NetDiag are also giving me errors.
>
> Any help?
>
> Thanx in advance,
>
> Zoran
>
>
>

Well, here's how it was:

I configured the DNS server, and added zone "di.local". After that the
configuration did all itself. There is a SOA record under this di.local
zone.

So, there is a SOA for the zone, men I don't know if it applies to be the
same SOA for this DC...?

NETDIAG and DCDIAG show:

DCdiag:
==================================================
Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\MAILSRVR
Starting test: Connectivity
The host 030f919b-3351-4c6c-aeda-9146b8153c9a._msdcs.di.local
could not be resolved to an
IP address. Check the DNS server, DHCP, server name, etc
Although the Guid DNS name
(030f919b-3351-4c6c-aeda-9146b8153c9a._msdcs.di.local)
couldn't be resolved, the server name (MAILsrvr.di.local) resolved to
the IP address (10.200.21.17) and was pingable. Check that the IP
address is registered correctly with the DNS server.
.......................... MAILSRVR failed test Connectivity
After that, I added the host "" to host file, and then the problem
wanished.
But could I somehow do it more elegant, configuring / adding something
in DNS server?

NetDiag:
==================================================
DNS test . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Failed
[WARNING] The DNS entries for this DC are not registered correctly
on DNS server '127.0.0.1'. Please wait for 30 minutes for DNS server
replication.
[FATAL] No DNS servers have the DNS records for this DC
registered.


Regards, Zoran






"Seirius" <(E-Mail Removed)> skrev i en meddelelse
news:82D2D860-B387-4567-A4BA-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Check that your DNS server has a SOA record that corresponds to one of
your
> DC's.
>
> What do NETDIAG and DCDIAG show?
>
> "Kizetoni" wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am having 2003 std DC with DNS server installed. The server's name is
> > "mailsrvr", and the domain is "di.local".
> >
> > Now, everything runs fine, and I can ping "mailsrvr" and
> > "mailsrvr.di.local", getting the right IP.
> >
> > But if I try to ping just "di.local", I get error "cannot find host".
> >
> > DCdiag, and NetDiag are also giving me errors.
> >
> > Any help?
> >
> > Thanx in advance,
> >
> > Zoran
> >
> >
> >

Kizetoni <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Well, here's how it was:
>
> I configured the DNS server, and added zone "di.local". After that the
> configuration did all itself. There is a SOA record under this
> di.local zone.
>
> So, there is a SOA for the zone, men I don't know if it applies to be
> the same SOA for this DC...?
>
> NETDIAG and DCDIAG show:
>
> DCdiag:
> ==================================================
> Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\MAILSRVR
> Starting test: Connectivity
> The host 030f919b-3351-4c6c-aeda-9146b8153c9a._msdcs.di.local
> could not be resolved to an
> IP address. Check the DNS server, DHCP, server name, etc
> Although the Guid DNS name
> (030f919b-3351-4c6c-aeda-9146b8153c9a._msdcs.di.local)
> couldn't be resolved, the server name (MAILsrvr.di.local) resolved to
> the IP address (10.200.21.17) and was pingable. Check that the IP
> address is registered correctly with the DNS server.
> ......................... MAILSRVR failed test Connectivity
> After that, I added the host "" to host file, and then the problem
> wanished.
> But could I somehow do it more elegant, configuring / adding something
> in DNS server?
>
> NetDiag:
> ==================================================
> DNS test . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Failed
> [WARNING] The DNS entries for this DC are not registered correctly
> on DNS server '127.0.0.1'. Please wait for 30 minutes for DNS server
> replication.
> [FATAL] No DNS servers have the DNS records for this DC
> registered.

Remove the loopback address from the NIC for DNS, and enter ONLY the
internal private address in the DNS server list and make sure that DNS is
listening on that address. (DNS server properties, interfaces tab) You must
also use ONLY the internal private address for DNS on all clients.
Post an ipconfig /all from the DC and the list of zones in DNS if you need
further help.



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in network card properties of your DNS server....
perffered DNS servers....
put internal ip address of itself, and run: NetGiag /fix
see if it helps


"Kizetoni" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Well, here's how it was:
>
> I configured the DNS server, and added zone "di.local". After that the
> configuration did all itself. There is a SOA record under this di.local
> zone.
>
> So, there is a SOA for the zone, men I don't know if it applies to be the
> same SOA for this DC...?
>
> NETDIAG and DCDIAG show:
>
> DCdiag:
> ==================================================
> Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\MAILSRVR
> Starting test: Connectivity
> The host 030f919b-3351-4c6c-aeda-9146b8153c9a._msdcs.di.local
> could not be resolved to an
> IP address. Check the DNS server, DHCP, server name, etc
> Although the Guid DNS name
> (030f919b-3351-4c6c-aeda-9146b8153c9a._msdcs.di.local)
> couldn't be resolved, the server name (MAILsrvr.di.local) resolved to
> the IP address (10.200.21.17) and was pingable. Check that the IP
> address is registered correctly with the DNS server.
> ......................... MAILSRVR failed test Connectivity
> After that, I added the host "" to host file, and then the problem
> wanished.
> But could I somehow do it more elegant, configuring / adding something
> in DNS server?
>
> NetDiag:
> ==================================================
> DNS test . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Failed
> [WARNING] The DNS entries for this DC are not registered correctly
> on DNS server '127.0.0.1'. Please wait for 30 minutes for DNS server
> replication.
> [FATAL] No DNS servers have the DNS records for this DC
> registered.
>
>
> Regards, Zoran
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Seirius" <(E-Mail Removed)> skrev i en meddelelse
> news:82D2D860-B387-4567-A4BA-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Check that your DNS server has a SOA record that corresponds to one of
> your
>> DC's.
>>
>> What do NETDIAG and DCDIAG show?
>>
>> "Kizetoni" wrote:
>>
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > I am having 2003 std DC with DNS server installed. The server's name is
>> > "mailsrvr", and the domain is "di.local".
>> >
>> > Now, everything runs fine, and I can ping "mailsrvr" and
>> > "mailsrvr.di.local", getting the right IP.
>> >
>> > But if I try to ping just "di.local", I get error "cannot find host".
>> >
>> > DCdiag, and NetDiag are also giving me errors.
>> >
>> > Any help?
>> >
>> > Thanx in advance,
>> >
>> > Zoran
>> >
>> >
>> >
>
>
>