can ping FQDN but not netbios name using DNS for resolution.

Hi guys.

Added a new forward/reverse lookup zones to our DNS servers here today to
represent our head offices domain. The domains are not trusted and no DNS
replication is happening. I added some manual A host records to represent
some servers. I can only ping the FQDN of these servers and not the
Hostname/Netbios name.

The only way to get hostname/netbios resolution working is to have a static
Wins mapping. Im trrying to get away from using WINS. IS there away of
getting netbios/hostname name resoltion working using DNS ?

thanks

"Jason Blake" <> wrote in message
news:C09CBB45-C579-44C8-8A42-...
> Hi guys.
>
> Added a new forward/reverse lookup zones to our DNS servers here today to
> represent our head offices domain. The domains are not trusted and no DNS
> replication is happening. I added some manual A host records to represent
> some servers. I can only ping the FQDN of these servers and not the
> Hostname/Netbios name.
>
> The only way to get hostname/netbios resolution working is to have a
> static
> Wins mapping. Im trrying to get away from using WINS. IS there away of
> getting netbios/hostname name resoltion working using DNS ?
>
> thanks
>
>


You will need to create an additional Search Suffix on each machine you want
the Client Side Resolver to devolve to resolve names in that namespace,
otherwise stick with WINS.

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thanks for the reply. you are right. Cant be done using DHCP in 2003 domain
has to be a policy to.



"Ace Fekay [MCT]" wrote:

> "Jason Blake" <> wrote in message
> news:C09CBB45-C579-44C8-8A42-...
> > Hi guys.
> >
> > Added a new forward/reverse lookup zones to our DNS servers here today to
> > represent our head offices domain. The domains are not trusted and no DNS
> > replication is happening. I added some manual A host records to represent
> > some servers. I can only ping the FQDN of these servers and not the
> > Hostname/Netbios name.
> >
> > The only way to get hostname/netbios resolution working is to have a
> > static
> > Wins mapping. Im trrying to get away from using WINS. IS there away of
> > getting netbios/hostname name resoltion working using DNS ?
> >
> > thanks
> >
> >
>
>
> You will need to create an additional Search Suffix on each machine you want
> the Client Side Resolver to devolve to resolve names in that namespace,
> otherwise stick with WINS.
>
> --
> Ace
>
> This posting is provided "AS-IS" with no warranties or guarantees and
> confers no rights.
>
> Please reply back to the newsgroup or forum to benefit from collaboration
> among responding engineers, and to help others benefit from your resolution.
>
> Ace Fekay, MCT, MCTS Exchange, MCSE, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSA Messaging
> Microsoft Certified Trainer
>
> For urgent issues, please contact Microsoft PSS directly. Please check
> http://support.microsoft.com for regional support phone numbers.
>
>

"Jason Blake" <> wrote in message
news:EC411DF8-CC52-4770-8B13-...
> thanks for the reply. you are right. Cant be done using DHCP in 2003
> domain
> has to be a policy to.

That's correct about Group Policy. A policy would be created on each
forest/domain for the other respective namespace.

Ace