Record exists on DNS servers, but nslookup fails

[Guest]

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What are the possible causes that can make nslookup times-out and do not
return the IP address of a host existing in my Win2003 DNS Servers ?
I go to my DNS (both primary and secondary WIn2003 DNS servers) and I see
that "myworkstation-l.my.company.org" exists under a certain subnet (under
*reverse lookup zone*).

Then I do
nslookup myworkstation-l.my.company.org
and I get the response below:

C:\>nslookup myworkstation-l.my.company.org
Server: dns1.it.bsd405.org
Address: 262.78.95.211

DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds.
*** Request to mydns..my.company.org timed-out


We have an application that relies on nslookup like these and I am puzzled
by what could cause the DNS server to fail to return the IP address
correctly. Also, I verified "My Secondary DNS Server" and record is
consistent there.
Please advise.

Observation:I tried nslookups for other workstatinons and it works. Once in
a while it fails sporadically.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.dns (More info?)

Ah, and I go to the "Forward Lookup zones" and
the record *does not* exist under the Forward Lookup.
Interesting, it exists under Reverse Lookup Zones but not the Forward one.
Since the auto-refresh and delete stale records have actually more often
under the "Reverse Lookup Zones", I am wondering what's going on...

"Marlon" <marlon-nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> What are the possible causes that can make nslookup times-out and do not
> return the IP address of a host existing in my Win2003 DNS Servers ?
> I go to my DNS (both primary and secondary WIn2003 DNS servers) and I see
> that "myworkstation-l.my.company.org" exists under a certain subnet (under
> *reverse lookup zone*).
>
> Then I do
> nslookup myworkstation-l.my.company.org
> and I get the response below:
>
> C:\>nslookup myworkstation-l.my.company.org
> Server: dns1.it.bsd405.org
> Address: 262.78.95.211
>
> DNS request timed out.
> timeout was 2 seconds.
> *** Request to mydns..my.company.org timed-out
>
>
> We have an application that relies on nslookup like these and I am puzzled
> by what could cause the DNS server to fail to return the IP address
> correctly. Also, I verified "My Secondary DNS Server" and record is
> consistent there.
> Please advise.
>
> Observation:I tried nslookups for other workstatinons and it works. Once
in
> a while it fails sporadically.
>
>