On Thu, 02 Jan 2003 22:00:17 CST Lynn Avants wrote:
> On Thursday 02 January 2003 09:30 pm, you wrote:
>
> > I have never seen the lag in Win2K on any other network but mine.
> > See below for data.
>
> I can tell you why...... ;-)
>
>
> > Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
> > Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
>
> > C:\>nslookup
> > *** Can't find server name for address 192.168.1.254: Non-existent domain
> > *** Default servers are not available
> > Default Server: UnKnown
> > Address: 192.168.1.254
Not that you said they were, but the unspecified DNS suffix and
the nslookup "Can't find server name..." message are not related.
nslookup is complaining because the PTR lookup for
254.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. fails. To the best of my knowledge,
that behaviour is independent of whether a DNS suffix is present.
(Please correct me if I'm wrong.)
> The Win2K box is trying to find the domain-name from your DNS server since
> you have NOT entered one manually (like most of us do). Win2K is attempting
> to figure out what your domain-name by DNS records on the internet and
> broadcast, forcing you to wait until it fails before resolving any DNS
> information requested by the user (the lag). If you used DHCP to receive an
> ip address (per default setup), this information would be received via the
> DHCP lease.
>
> You will have this problem EVERY reboot until you either use DHCP on the
> Win2k client or enter a domain-name (anything basically) in the IP setup on
> the Win2k machine.
While I don't know enough about Win2k to comment for all
configurations of that OS, I can say that I do not have a dns
suffix specified and I don't experience any dns-related hangs
or timeouts (immediately after reboot or otherwise).
C:\>ipconfig /all
Windows 2000 IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : gpwin2kvm
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
--Brad
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