Nslookup problem

I have a Windows Server 2003 system in a test lab that is behaving
strangely. It receives its IP address from a DHCP server, which also
provides the IP address of the single DNS server. I recently moved
the Win2K3 box onto a new network which uses different DHCP and DNS
servers. After releasing and renewing the IP address, the system is
on the network and can resolve hostnames. For example, "ping
somehost.mydomain.com" pings the right host with the IP address listed
on the new DNS server. "ipconfig /all" correctly lists only the new
DNS server. However, if I do an "nslookup somehost.mydomain.com", the
nslookup utility uses the old DNS server. There are no static entries
for DNS servers in the network settings. This problem persists even
after a reboot. Any ideas why nslookup is still using the old server?

Try running ipconfig /flushdns

(E-Mail Removed) (Cousin Scuzzy) wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed). com>...
> I have a Windows Server 2003 system in a test lab that is behaving
> strangely. It receives its IP address from a DHCP server, which also
> provides the IP address of the single DNS server. I recently moved
> the Win2K3 box onto a new network which uses different DHCP and DNS
> servers. After releasing and renewing the IP address, the system is
> on the network and can resolve hostnames. For example, "ping
> somehost.mydomain.com" pings the right host with the IP address listed
> on the new DNS server. "ipconfig /all" correctly lists only the new
> DNS server. However, if I do an "nslookup somehost.mydomain.com", the
> nslookup utility uses the old DNS server. There are no static entries
> for DNS servers in the network settings. This problem persists even
> after a reboot. Any ideas why nslookup is still using the old server?

The default DNS server nslookup uses is defined in the DNS Service
Search Order field, DNS tab in MS TCP/IP Properties.

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(E-Mail Removed) (Matt Hickman) wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed). com>...
> The default DNS server nslookup uses is defined in the DNS Service
> Search Order field, DNS tab in MS TCP/IP Properties.

I appreciate your attempt to help, but as I stated before there are no
static entries for DNS servers in the network settings. The only DNS
server the system should know about is the one it gets through DHCP.