Re: [leaf-user] Win2K DNS Problem.

[Kory Krofft]

Folks,

Thanks for all the input I received on this. While I orginally
believed that it was more of a Win2K issue than a LEAF one but
now I am not so sure. What I learned from the group was that Win2K
uses what might be termed a "Non Standard" format for a DNS query
which may cause a delay when Linux tries to resolve it. I was able to solve this issue (at least it seems it is fixed) by adding the
Road Runner DNS server IP as the secondary DNS server in the TCP
setup on Windows. Leaf may need to address the issue of the Win2k
DNS request format as more of the Win2k machines appear in our
corporate environments.

Thanks again,

Kory Krofft




Steve Fink wrote:

Kory,

As a general fix running DNSCache on your LEAF box should solve this problem. Win2k will request the lookup from the DNSCache and receive an answer. This also should cause the LEAF box to fire your internet connection.

Be sure to only have the LEAF box's IP as your DNS server in Win2k, otherwise the fix will only work half the time.

Best,

Steve

"Andrew G.Gray" wrote:

Kory,
       Your problem would appear to be a Win2k/XP one where the

system

detects that the address is not available and will not try to resolve
the FQDN to an address again for the period you have mentioned.  You
could try something like "ipconfig /flushdns" or, as I have found,
ensure that the internet is connected before opening a browser

window.

I normally ping a known address on the internet to cause Dachstien to
dial before opening any application which will require dns info from
the net.

I have seen somewhere where the feature can be turned off but have

not

been able to find it again so that I can turn it off on my system

here

either.   M$ Technet may have the answer somewhere.

Andrew Gray

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