Thank you to all who helped me with this. I have resolved the issue. It did turn out to be a miss-configured DNS server.
When the DNS server did not have a record for the newly connected machine it would refer to WINS. Unfortunately the IP address of our Wins server had recently changed and therefore it was not getting an answer. Once I put in the correct WINS server everything started working. Regards. Kevan Dickinson Network Manager NSF-CMI 23 Lodge Road Hanborough Business Park, Long Hanborough, Oxford, OX29 8SJ, UK T:+44 01993 885661 E:[email protected] W:www.nsf-cmi.com -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 10 March 2009 19:10 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: DNS / WINS Issue? On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Kevan Dickinson <[email protected]> wrote: > If I ping the FQDN I get the correct resolved address. > If I ping just the netbios name of the machine I get the wrong IP > address returned. Check hosts (DNS) and LMHOSTS (NetBIOS) files. Run NSLOOKUP (or better yet, DIG.EXE from ISC BIND) on the short and FQDN names. This will tell you what DNS is seeing. Run "NBTSTAT -a" on the short name. This will tell you what NetBIOS is seeing. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ******************************************************************************** ***Disclaimer*** The contents of this Email may be privileged and are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Should you wish to use Email as a mode of communication, NSF-CMi Ltd and its subsidiaries are unable to guarantee the security of Email content outside of our own computer systems. This footnote also confirms that this Email message has been checked by MailMarshal for the presence of computer viruses. Whilst we run anti-virus software, you are solely responsible for ensuring that any Email or attachment you receive is virus free. We disclaim any liability for any damage you suffer as a consequence of receiving any virus. NSF-CMi Ltd Registered in England No: 1899857 Registered Office 4th Floor, 35 New Bridge Street, London, EC4V 6BW ********************************************************************************** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
