Multi-home PC in two domains - how does DNS lookup work?

#1 john.johnson

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Posted 19 July 2004 - 11:27 PM

I have dual-NIC PCs that are within two domains, each domain with its own DNS servers. How is the order determined by Win2k when performing a DNS lookup?
The problem is a lookup failure when the PC is trying a web connection to a node that is in domain B. Domain A is first seached for the node (2 DNS servers configurated in Properties) and then, I assume, a request is sent to the Domain B DNS servers, but I get a host not found and end up at Netscape page (using Netscape) or page not found in IE. However, I can get correct name resolution when using PING by name.

#2 john.johnson

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Posted 20 July 2004 - 02:03 AM

It is the "old style" and there is no trust relationship between the domains.
I have been able to sniff on domain A side and see the failed DNS requests. I am currently looking for a hub to use on the domain B side to capture the request traffic.

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Posted 20 July 2004 - 02:43 AM

Yes on the security-related stuff. Domain A has access to the DNS servers in domain B, but they do not have access to domain A's.

Domain A can ping and resolve names on domain B, not only through DNS, but also through configured WINS servers. Domain A has classified material on VAXen.

Thanks for the time....