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More info?)
thanks desmond.
the clients are renewing ip addresses fine however they do not appear to be
updating the dns with the new information. even when i delete the entrie
entirely it does not reapeear. the dhcp server is set to dnamicaly update the
dns and ptr records.
"Desmond Lee" wrote:
> Go to the DHCP Server, locate duplicate IPs (assigned to multiple hosts) and
> delete them. On the affected clients, type
> ipconfig /renew
>
> and new IP addresses will be assigned. Correspondingly if they are Win 2000
> and above clients, their DNS A records will be updated in DNS automatically
> (provided that the DNS Server accepts dynamic update - Win 200x Server and
> above for instance).
>
> Do let us know if this helps. thanks!
>
> "Desmond Lee" wrote:
>
> > clear the cache on your Win client machine:
> > ipconfig /flushdns
> >
> > and check that the DNS Server does not have multiple machines sharing
> > the same IP address (as your Print Server). This can sometimes happen
> > when clients did not cleanly shutdown or detach from the domain
> > (e.g. hot unplug notebook from docking station).
> >
> > Also, try to use the FQDN to rule out other name resolution issues
> > (e.g. NetBIOS / WINS used instead of DNS).
> >
> > Do let us know if this helps. Thanks.
> >
> > "bill" wrote:
> >
> > > we have a printer server using a static ip address. Whats strange is that
> > > when i tracert the print server ip address i get a reply which appears to
> > > come from another workstation (computername.domainname.companyname.com).
> > >
> > > i cannot connect to this pc via vnc either.
> > >
> > >
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