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I am having an issue on Windows Server 2008. Basically the problem is that whenever my local hostname is used in a browser it fails to resolve.
As far as I can tell the name is correctly set, I can ping it and hostname
returns the correct value.
I can access the url if I enter IP manually but it is a "click-once" application that attempts to access online resources and it can not do that. I presume for the same reason that the browser fails to resolve the hostname.
ipconfig /all
C:\Users\Administrator>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : sips5
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Virtual Machine Bus Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 12-34-56-78-99-00 //NOTE - MODIFIED.
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : xxx.xxx.94.5(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.128
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : xxx.xxx.94.126
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : xxx.xxx.19.82
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
I have an entry for sips in the hosts file as well.
xxx.xxx.94.5 sips5 #
As I said I can ping it as well.
Any help would be appreciated.
Edit1 - nslookup for sips5
Server: de307623-frankf-dns-ns1.xxxx.xxxxx.com
Address: xxx.xxx.19.82
*** de307623-frankf-dns-ns1.xxxx.xxxxx.com can't find sips5: Non-existent domain
1What does
nslookup
tell you about SIPS5? – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2012-06-27T12:52:37.0801Are you above a proxy? – Diogo – 2012-06-27T12:54:59.023
@techie007 - see modification. The DNS server cannot resolve it, but I thought that the resolution rules for Windows would get
hostname
first and then queryhosts
. – Dennis – 2012-06-27T13:16:57.360@Diogo - How can I check this? It's in a secure LAN as far as I know. – Dennis – 2012-06-27T13:17:25.003
1@Dennis You need to check the browser's settings to determine whether you're using a proxy. For Internet Explorer (which it appears you're using) do the following: Win + R,
inetcpl.cpl
, ENTER. On the "Connections" tab, click the "LAN settings" button - proxy settings will then be displayed in the lower half. Note that if your browser is set to auto-detect or use a configuration script (defined in the upper half), you may be receiving proxy settings from the network administrator also. – Iszi – 2012-06-27T20:35:34.660