match user to ip on 2003 ad lan ?

morning,

ping -a <ip> is not returning a host name on my lan

im using 2003 AD , how can i match users to IP addresses ?

static ips, no dhcp.

thanks

Hello Scott,

Are the machines domain members and is your DC also DNS server? Are the clients
registered in Forward and Reverse lookup zone?

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> morning,
>
> ping -a <ip> is not returning a host name on my lan
>
> im using 2003 AD , how can i match users to IP addresses ?
>
> static ips, no dhcp.
>
> thanks
>

Scott <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> morning,
>
> ping -a <ip> is not returning a host name on my lan
>
> im using 2003 AD , how can i match users to IP addresses ?
>
> static ips, no dhcp.
>
> thanks

ping -a is just going to give you the computer name, if there's a reverse
DNS entry for it. Do you have a reverse lookup zone in your DNS? Are you
running AD-integrated DNS on your DC?

Why not use DHCP? I can't see any reason not to, in this day and age, even
on a small network. And it will help with DNS registration/updates.

thanks for the reply.

>Do you have a reverse lookup zone in your DNS?
YES

>running AD-integrated DNS on your DC?
YES

> Why not use DHCP? I can't see any reason not to, in this day and age,
even on a small network. And it will help with DNS registration/updates.
Cant use DHCP, got a team of developers that need specific ports directed by
NAT to PCs for testing incoming packets.

Thanks

Scott <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> thanks for the reply.
>
>> Do you have a reverse lookup zone in your DNS?
> YES

What's in it?
If you type ipconfig /registerdns in a client, does the host entry in the
forward-lookup zone get updated?
How about the reverse lookup zone?
>
>> running AD-integrated DNS on your DC?
> YES
>
>> Why not use DHCP? I can't see any reason not to, in this day and age,
> even on a small network. And it will help with DNS
> registration/updates. Cant use DHCP, got a team of developers that
> need specific ports directed by NAT to PCs for testing incoming
> packets.

On every single workstation? That sounds like a huge pain. But if it were
absolutely necessary, I would at least use DHCP reservations, & not statics.
>
> Thanks

Hello Scott,

Are the machines listed in the zones? Is the DHCP client service started
or disabled on that machines?

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> thanks for the reply.
>
>> Do you have a reverse lookup zone in your DNS?
>>
> YES
>
>> running AD-integrated DNS on your DC?
>>
> YES
>
>> Why not use DHCP? I can't see any reason not to, in this day and age,
>>
> even on a small network. And it will help with DNS
> registration/updates.
> Cant use DHCP, got a team of developers that need specific ports
> directed by
> NAT to PCs for testing incoming packets.
> Thanks
>