Greetings! This is a situation which pops up on occasion. Workstations affected are all Windows XP Pro SP3.
We are a Lotus Notes shop (7.5). It is the Lotus application that "detects" the error, but the cause seems to be something in the workstation's network setup. A user will be logged in, have their Notes app up and running, and will have been reading messages throughout the day. Then, when they attempt to open a message, they get this pop-up message: The remote server is not a known TCP/IP host. (Well, it was a couple of minutes ago...) We've had this happen periodically over the past several months. Once in a while (like last Thursday), it may hit several workstations on a given day. The Domino server has a static IP address. (FWIW, it is on a server running Windows 2003 "Standard", SP2.) Last week, somebody tried pinging the Domino server from an affected WS. It was pinging an address in our DHCP realm rather than the actual (static) address of the Domino server. (A search of the network DNS tables and DHCP leases show no such address for the Domino server; all entries for the Domino server are the correct static address.) The workstations have no entries in their local HOSTS file. The command "ipconfig /flushdns" tends to resolve the situation. However... What would cause the local DNS cache to go screwy this way, mid-session? Thanks! -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 [email protected] P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
