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Lars G - 13 Nov 2003 09:59 GMT

When I issue a ping from my XP client, to any of our other XP clients,
it returns the ip adr. of our win2003 web-server(214.161.234.75) like this:

>ping XPclient1

Pinging XPclient1.ourdomain.com [214.161.234.75]

>ping XPclient2

Pinging XPclient2.ourdomain.com [214.161.234.75]

Why does it expand to XPclient2.ourdomain.com?
How do I fix this problem, so I can find the clients?

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Marc Reynolds [MSFT] - 13 Nov 2003 13:57 GMT

Do you have correct "A" records in DNS for your XP clients? If not you
should add them.

Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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>From: "Lars G" <lgl@hwb.no>
>Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsnt.dns
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>NNTP-Posting-Host: nnrp1.phx1.gblx.net
>X-Trace: node21.cwnet.roc.gblx.net 1068717550 47280 64.214.31.40 (13 Nov

2003 09:59:10 GMT)

>X-Complaints-To: abuse@gblx.net
>NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 09:59:10 +0000 (UTC)
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>X-Cache: nntpcache 2.4.0b5 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/)
>Path:

cpmsftngxa06.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP08.phx.gbl!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-onlin
e.de!newsfeed.freenet.de!eusc.inter.net!priapus.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!p
etbe.visi.com!nntp1.roc.gblx.net!nntp.gblx.net!nntp.gblx.net!news.globalcros
sing.net!not-for-mail

>Xref: cpmsftngxa06.phx.gbl microsoft.public.windowsnt.dns:29934
>X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windowsnt.dns
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>Why does it expand to XPclient2.ourdomain.com?
>How do I fix this problem, so I can find the clients?

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Lars G - 14 Nov 2003 07:55 GMT

ehh, "A" records?? What is that?

/Lars Gilbert

> Do you have correct "A" records in DNS for your XP clients? If not you
> should add them.
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> >X-Cache: nntpcache 2.4.0b5 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/)
> >Path:

cpmsftngxa06.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP08.phx.gbl!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-onlin

e.de!newsfeed.freenet.de!eusc.inter.net!priapus.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!p

etbe.visi.com!nntp1.roc.gblx.net!nntp.gblx.net!nntp.gblx.net!news.globalcros

> sing.net!not-for-mail
> >Xref: cpmsftngxa06.phx.gbl microsoft.public.windowsnt.dns:29934
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> >Why does it expand to XPclient2.ourdomain.com?
> >How do I fix this problem, so I can find the clients?

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Paul Russell - 21 Nov 2003 08:40 GMT

DNS stores machine names->IP addresses in a record type called "A" thus you
get "A" records.

> ehh, "A" records?? What is that?
>
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> > >X-Cache: nntpcache 2.4.0b5 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/)
> > >Path:

cpmsftngxa06.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP08.phx.gbl!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-onlin

e.de!newsfeed.freenet.de!eusc.inter.net!priapus.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!p

etbe.visi.com!nntp1.roc.gblx.net!nntp.gblx.net!nntp.gblx.net!news.globalcros

> > sing.net!not-for-mail
> > >Xref: cpmsftngxa06.phx.gbl microsoft.public.windowsnt.dns:29934
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
> > >Why does it expand to XPclient2.ourdomain.com?
> > >How do I fix this problem, so I can find the clients?

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