Are you running DNS on each child domain ? Where are the nslookups and ping being performed with mixed results ? Have you tried running the netdiag /fix command on all your DNS server(s) ?
----- Original Message ----- From: "DeGrands, Charles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 5:49 PM Subject: [ActiveDir] DNS & FQDN > Hello all, > > Should DNS return the FQDN across domains? Here is the scenario: Root > domain called company.net with 5 child domains like my.company.net, > your.company.net, etc. From one child domain to the next, or even to and > from the root, I get mixed results when I use the ping command and > nslookup. The ping command returns some FQD names and others don't. It is > not domain specific. I can ping one DC and get a proper reply where another > DC from the same domain does not. Is there a configuration that I can check > out to make them all return a FQDN? > > Thank you. > > List info: http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info: http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/