Re: For those using MS-DNS

Josh Hillman ( (no email) )
Thu, 2 Jul 1998 14:58:00 -0400

> From: Walter Ray <wray@glblnet.com>
> Where can you get the Hot Fix? I didn't see it on the MS site.

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com
/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/nt40/hotfixes-postSP3/
dns-fix/

Josh Hillman
hillman@talstar.com

> At 11:09 AM 7/1/98 -0400, you wrote:
> >> From: rkm <rkm@marshall.net>
> >> Went thru a period of this with one of our servers.. wound up that it
was
> >> after we had added some virtual IP's to the box... DNS service was
> >running
> >> but not working. We removed and reinstalled the service and haven't
had
> >the
> >> problem since. BTW on the reinstall it did pick up all the previous
DNS
> >> records.
> >
> >Make sure you install the post-SP3 hotfix for DNS after you reinstall
the
> >DNS service. We've been using MS DNS since NT4 came out and haven't had
a
> >single problem with it since 12/96. It acts as our primary DNS and as
> >secondary for a few virtually hosted domains that originally had their
> >primary DNS settings pointing to a Unix machine a while back.
> >
> >Josh Hillman
> >hillman@talstar.com
> >
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: ntisp-request@iea-software.com
> >> > [mailto:ntisp-request@iea-software.com]On Behalf Of Victor Alba
> >> > Sent: Monday, June 29, 1998 3:07 PM
> >> > To: ntisp@iea-software.com
> >> > Subject: RE: For those using MS-DNS
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > At 03:05 PM 6/29/98 -0400, you wrote:
> >> > >Did you use NSLOOKUP or any similar tools to verify the
> >> > condition of the DNS
> >> > >server? Just because the DNS service is running doesn't mean it is
> >> > >responding to requests...
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I sure did and MS-DNS responded with DNS time outs all the times,
> >> > why? Any
> >> > ideas..?
> >> > There were zero errors in event viewer...
> >> >
> >> > -Victor
> >> >
> >> >
> >
> >