WINS?
On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 9:10 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Greetings! > > This is a situation which pops up on occasion. Workstations affected are > all Windows XP Pro SP3. > > We are a Lotus Notes shop (7.5). It is the Lotus application that > "detects" the error, but the cause seems to be something in the > workstation's network setup. > > A user will be logged in, have their Notes app up and running, and will > have been reading messages throughout the day. Then, when they attempt to > open a message, they get this pop-up message: > > The remote server is not a known TCP/IP host. > > (Well, it was a couple of minutes ago...) > > We've had this happen periodically over the past several months. Once in a > while (like last Thursday), it may hit several workstations on a given day. > > The Domino server has a static IP address. (FWIW, it is on a server > running Windows 2003 "Standard", SP2.) > > Last week, somebody tried pinging the Domino server from an affected WS. > It was pinging an address in our DHCP realm rather than the actual (static) > address of the Domino server. (A search of the network DNS tables and DHCP > leases show no such address for the Domino server; all entries for the > Domino server are the correct static address.) The workstations have no > entries in their local HOSTS file. > > The command "ipconfig /flushdns" tends to resolve the situation. > However... > > What would cause the local DNS cache to go screwy this way, mid-session? > > Thanks! > -- > Richard D. McClary > Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group > *ASPCA®* > 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 > Urbana, IL 61802 > > [email protected] > > P: 217-337-9761 > C: 217-417-1182 > F: 217-337-9761 > *www.aspca.org* <http://www.aspca.org/> > > > The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is > from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA > ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may > contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not > the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, > and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received > this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and > permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout > thereof. > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
