Yes nslookup is outdated but Windows does not have dig. Here is the output
of ipconfig
C:\Documents and Settings\user>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : xplaptop
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810X Family Fast
Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-40-D0-25-33-73
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.9
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.254
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, September 16, 2008
2:33:21 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, September 16, 2008
8:33:21 PM
C:\Documents and Settings\user>
On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Mark Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 9/16/08, Royce Souther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have a school with a few hundred WinXP Pro systems. They are all on a
> > Samba domain controlled server for authentication and home directories.
> It
> > works great except for some reason some names will not resolve. I am
> using
> > IPcop to set hostnames for static systems on the network. IPcop is the
> DNS
> > server for the network. If IPcop knows the name and IP of a local system
> it
> > will resolve that IP. All the Linux workstations resolve all names
> correctly
> > but it seems like Windows will not resolve a hostname unless there is a
> > Samba server running on it. That is really stupid and what I would expect
> > from Microsoft but not helpfull at all. I have servers that privoleged
> staff
> > need to access from WinXP via Firefox and don't know squat about Windows
> so
> > I would like if someone could help me figure out what is wrong with it,
> all
> > joking aside.
> >
> > As you can see below, server can be pinged but the asterisk server
> cannot
> > even though nslookup says it can resolve the IP. WTFIUWT! Both servers
> are
> > listed in IPcop. IPcop is at 192.168.0.254, the domain server is at
> > 192.168.0.1 and the VoIP server is at 192.168.0.253. A special user has
> a
> > static IP with a system called mobius running Ubuntu and Samba, it is
> also
> > listed in IPcop and can be pinged by name, it is not a domain server just
> a
> > simple file share. I looks like Windoze can only resolve LAN names if the
> > system is running Samba. Do I need to setup the domain server to resolve
> LAN
> > names over Samba protocol?
> >
> > C:\Documents and Settings\user>ping server
> > Pinging server [192.168.0.1] with 32 bytes of data:
> >
> > Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
> > Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
> >
> > Ping statistics for 192.168.0.1:
> > Packets: Sent = 2, Received = 2, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
> > Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
> > Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
> > C:\Documents and Settings\user>ping asterisk
> > Ping request could not find host asterisk. Please check the name and try
> > again.
> >
> > C:\Documents and Settings\user>nslookup asterisk
> > Server: ipcop.localdomain
> > Address: 192.168.0.254
> >
> > Name: asterisk
> > Address: 192.168.0.253
>
>
> Although not entirely helpful, these two pages may give you some insight:
>
> http://homepages.tesco.net/J.deBoynePollard/FGA/nslookup-results-different-to-ping.html
> http://homepages.tesco.net/J.deBoynePollard/FGA/nslookup-flaws.html
>
> To quote the second page:
> "nslookup is a badly flawed tool. Don't use it."
>
> Apparently it is too much to ask for to get the same result from ping
> and nslookup since nslookup may have a completely different way of
> querying the nameserver than ping does.
>
> Also, the output of:
> # ipconfig /all
> may be useful.
>
> -Mark C.
>
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