[PLUG-TALK] DNS, or Why is Windows so dumb?

[Russ Johnson]

Jeme A Brelin wrote:

>OK, so I have a bind server with two views, internal and external.
>
>This works great because I've wildcarded the domains in the external view,
>but have many machines that do not have public IP addresses and,
>therefore, need specific, internal address entries.
>
>Works great.  Does exactly what I'd like... except for Windows clients.
>
>I can't cut and paste from Windows here without way too much hassle, but I
>can give you the gist of it:
>
>c:\>  nslookup intenalhost
>
>internalhost.whatver.tld
>192.168.1.4
>
>c:\>  ping internalhost
>
>64 bytes received from 208.184.12.27...
>
>(I made up that IP address, but it's the wildcarded address in the
>external DNS view.)
>
>So what the HELL is going on?
>  
>
Looks like a DNS lookup issue to me.

Open the network tcp/ip settings and make sure your search path (on the 
DNS tab in the Advance section) is correct, and that you have the 
correct DNS Suffix for that connection specified.

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