Ping question

Should I be able to ping my server's full distinguished
name <servername.local>?

If so, any ideas as to why I can't? I tried to add a
second DC and was not able to because the server's name
couldn't be resolved in the "wizard" setup. I know it
has something to do with DNS but not sure what.

I am able to ping just the server by name.

Thanks in advance

Marina
Mon Aug 11 17:28:37 CDT 2003

What OS on the client? How many nics in the server?

Marina

"Mark" <msenia@bigpond.net.au> schreef in bericht
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> Should I be able to ping my server's full distinguished
> name <servername.local>?
>
> If so, any ideas as to why I can't? I tried to add a
> second DC and was not able to because the server's name
> couldn't be resolved in the "wizard" setup. I know it
> has something to do with DNS but not sure what.
>
> I am able to ping just the server by name.
>
> Thanks in advance

rayfong
Mon Aug 11 20:54:25 CDT 2003

At the server, are you able to:
1. ping server.domain.local (<--- this is your sever FQDN)
2. ping server (<---- this is your server netbios name)
3. ping domain.local (<------- this is your domain dns name)

In all three cases, you should get a reply back from the internal nic.
However, you shouldn't get a reponse if you "ping server.local" (<--- this
is not a correct format, not your FQDN, it shouldn't resolve back to
anything)
If you can't do #3, could you verify in DNS forward lookup zone, you have a
Host (A) record called "(Same as parent folder)" with the same internal IP
as your server.

Ray Fong
Microsoft SBS Product Support

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

mark
Thu Aug 14 03:19:34 CDT 2003

CLients from 98SE to XP Pro. 1 nic in the server.
>-----Original Message-----
>What OS on the client? How many nics in the server?
>
>Marina
>
>"Mark" <msenia@bigpond.net.au> schreef in bericht
>news:064301c36050$a5d22a10$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>> Should I be able to ping my server's full distinguished
>> name <servername.local>?
>>
>> If so, any ideas as to why I can't? I tried to add a
>> second DC and was not able to because the server's name
>> couldn't be resolved in the "wizard" setup. I know it
>> has something to do with DNS but not sure what.
>>
>> I am able to ping just the server by name.
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>
>
>.
>

Marina
Thu Aug 14 03:43:49 CDT 2003

Got WINS installed on the server? W9x needs it. Did you set the DNS on your
nic to point to your server-IP?
Does the ipconfig/all show that everything is pointing to your server-IP?

Marina

"mark" <msenia@bigpond.net.au> schreef in bericht
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> CLients from 98SE to XP Pro. 1 nic in the server.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >What OS on the client? How many nics in the server?
> >
> >Marina
> >
> >"Mark" <msenia@bigpond.net.au> schreef in bericht
> >news:064301c36050$a5d22a10$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Should I be able to ping my server's full distinguished
> >> name <servername.local>?
> >>
> >> If so, any ideas as to why I can't? I tried to add a
> >> second DC and was not able to because the server's name
> >> couldn't be resolved in the "wizard" setup. I know it
> >> has something to do with DNS but not sure what.
> >>
> >> I am able to ping just the server by name.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance
> >
> >
> >.
> >