> -----Original Message----- > From: Lynn Avants > Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 10:00 PM > Subject: Re: [leaf-user] Win2K DNS Problem. > > > On Thursday 02 January 2003 09:30 pm, you wrote: > > > I have never seen the lag in Win2K on any other network but mine. > > See below for data. > > I can tell you why...... ;-) > > > > Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . : > > Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast > > > C:\>nslookup > > *** Can't find server name for address 192.168.1.254: > > Non-existent domain > > *** Default servers are not available > > Default Server: UnKnown > > Address: 192.168.1.254 > > > The Win2K box is trying to find the domain-name from your DNS > server since you have NOT entered one manually (like most of us do).
Actually its trying to do a reverse lookup on 192.168.1.254, but it failed. > Win2K is attempting to figure out what your domain-name by DNS records > on the internet and broadcast, forcing you to wait until it fails before > resolving any DNS information requested by the user (the lag). Actually, the "broadcast" is the netbios node type. i.e. How does this W2K system announce its MS workgroup/domain affiliation on the network... broadcast or WINS (Network Neighborhood stuff). This has nothing to do with DNS. Although this is OT, from the dhcp-options man pages... option netbios-node-type uint8; The NetBIOS node type option allows NetBIOS over TCP/IP clients which are configurable to be configured as described in RFC 1001/1002. The value is specified as a single octet which identi- fies the client type. Possible node types are: 1 B-node: Broadcast - no WINS 2 P-node: Peer - WINS only. 4 M-node: Mixed - broadcast, then WINS 8 H-node: Hybrid - WINS, then broadcast > If you used DHCP to receive an ip address (per default setup), this > information would be received via the DHCP lease. > > You will have this problem EVERY reboot until you either use > DHCP on the Win2k client or enter a domain-name (anything > basically) in the IP setup on the Win2k machine. Although I don't disagree with the above, the DNS suffix is typically used/set in the connection specific part of ipconfig. i.e. Each interface on W2K can have a DNS suffix. >From my W2K system... C:\>ipconfig /all Windows 2000 IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : enterprise Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : infohiiway.com Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : infohiiway.com Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel 8255x-based PCI Ethernet Adapt er (10/100) Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-A0-C9-03-43-A1 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.9.21 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.9.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.9.3 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.9.3 192.168.8.2 Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.9.2 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, January 03, 2003 3:51:44 AM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, January 04, 2003 3:51:44 A M C:\>nslookup Default Server: voyager.infohiiway.com Address: 192.168.9.3 > voyager.infohiiway.com Server: voyager.infohiiway.com Address: 192.168.9.3 Name: voyager.infohiiway.com Address: 192.168.9.3 > 192.168.9.3 Server: voyager.infohiiway.com Address: 192.168.9.3 Name: voyager.infohiiway.com Address: 192.168.9.3 Also, this is my personal preference, not a recommended policy. But I disable W2K's caching server. This fricken thing has caused me more greif than I care to mention. Try and tell a regular how user to flush the cache. That will go over real well... Steve Cowles ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html