[Cialug] Bogus DNS

[Andrew Denner]

You should be able to verify the computers dns configuration as well as the
other network info by running ipconfig /all from the command prompt.  Also
as another test, what happens if you set one of the problem machines to
temporarily do dns statically through a known good dns server like 8.8.8.8.
Finally you could disable the use of netBIOS by following these directions:
http://www.petri.co.il/disable_netbios_in_w2k_xp_2003.htm



On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 7:14 PM, David Bierce <david at bierce.org> wrote:

> Is it possible the machine you are doing the lookup for you using netBIOS
> or that other windows naming scheme.  Windows XP and before I defaulted to
> that over DNS
>
> Sent on a smartphone using Android.  Sorry for the brevity and spelling.
> On Apr 2, 2013 7:05 PM, "L. V. Lammert" <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 2 Apr 2013, Matt Patterson wrote:
> >
> > > What's the AD domain that they log into?  It isn't the site you are
> > having issues is it like company.com?
> > >
> > No AD, .. all servers are Linux & Samba.
> >
> > > If it is, you need to also add your DNS updates to the ad DNS server
> > > because no matter what the Internet says, AD thinks it is authorities
> > > for that domain.
> > >
> > Interesting point, .. while there are no Windoze servers onsite, I wonder
> > if one of the newer machines could be propagating the bad IP via
> CIFS/..??
> >
> > > It's part of the Microsoft embrace and extend BS.  Also known as
> > > breaking the Internet.
> > >
> > Yeah, tell me about it!
> >
> >         Thanks!
> >
> >         Lee
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