Is it DNS issue?

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DNS fails: restart windows, after you go to start/run, and type CMD, then at that prompt type: IPCONFIG /flushDNS and then :
IPCONFIG /registerDNS

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Mark L. Ferguson
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"Sam" <Sam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B6FC3F30-1BBA-45E5-B849-A8FDAFF18D4B@microsoft.com...
> One of my XP Pro client, part ot Win2K domain, getting its IP from DHCP
> server. DNS is pointing to the private IP of Win2K server (also DNS server
> and has forwarder setup). From this XP client, I can go online (which means
> outside DNS is working), but I cannot ping local servers by name, so unable
> to connect to my E2K server. I have check hosts and lmhosts files, there are
> no entries.
> TIA

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"Sam" <Sam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B6FC3F30-1BBA-45E5-B849-A8FDAFF18D4B@microsoft.com...
> One of my XP Pro client, part ot Win2K domain, getting its IP from DHCP
> server. DNS is pointing to the private IP of Win2K server (also DNS server
> and has forwarder setup). From this XP client, I can go online (which
> means
> outside DNS is working), but I cannot ping local servers by name, so
> unable
> to connect to my E2K server. I have check hosts and lmhosts files, there
> are
> no entries.
> TIA

Check the firewall settings on the XP client. Also check in AD that the
computer is joined to the domain.

Kerry