I have a couple possible issues on one XP sp3 desktop using NSLOOKUP --> NS hostname I get hostname cant find NS:No resppnse from server and I have a WIN7 64bit workstation that the same NS hostname command gets REQUEST TIMED OUT not sure how to trouble shoot these or if they are of any consequese my DNS service is up on a win2003 server

Hi, let's start with the following output files:Please share ipconfig /all [from both clients and DC/DNS Server] Disclaimer: This posting is provided AS-IS with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights. Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

please check weather you can ping to the your dns server? Darshana Jayathilake

Hi Daniel, Thanks for posting here. Have you set DNS suffix on client if you are going to query a single label host name ? Not sure how did you set the DNS service in this environment , could you discuss that in detail ? Meanwhile, please refer to the checklists below first in order to make sure the DNS service is running properly on Windows Server 2003 host: DNS Checklists http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc759768(WS.10).aspx How DNS query works http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc775637(WS.10).aspx Regards, Tiger Li TechNet Subscriber Support in forum If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tnmff@microsoft.com. Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

hostname cant find NS:No resppnse from server REQUEST TIMED OUT Probable cause for the aforementioned error would be the DNS server's reverse lookup zones do not contain a PTR record for the DNS server's IP address. You can start with http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323445 Thanks, Santosh (MCTS W2K8 AD and SCCM) To Infinity and Beyond

ping the DNS server = yes good replies

DCdaig and NetDiag all test pass

WINDOWS 7 COMPUTER Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601] Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. U:\>nslookup Default Server: ml570g3dc.administration.eriecountygov.org Address: 192.168.50.45 > ns netadmindan Server: netadmindan.administration.eriecountygov.org Address: 192.168.50.1 DNS request timed out. timeout was 2 seconds. DNS request timed out. timeout was 2 seconds. *** Request to netadmindan timed-out > exit U:\>ipconfig /all Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : NetadminDan Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : administration.eriecountygov.org Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : administration.eriecountygov.org Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 3Com Dual Band 802.11n USB Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 40-01-C6-59-F1-2D DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Conne tion Windows XP Computer C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>nslookup Default Server: ml570g3dc.administration.eriecountygov.org Address: 192.168.50.45 > ns ga02 Server: ga02.administration.eriecountygov.org Address: 192.168.50.205 *** ga02 can't find ns: No response from server > exit C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ipconfig /all Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : GA02 Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : administration.eriecountygov.org Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : administration.eriecountygov.org eriecountygov.org Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82566DM Gigabit Network Co nection Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-FE-9C-B0-45 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.50.205 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.50.10 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.50.45 192.168.50.48 DC/ DNS server Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : ml570g3dc Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : administration.eriecountygov.org Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : administration.eriecountygov.org eriecountygov.org Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : HP Network Team #1 Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-A4-4B-30-77 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.50.45 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.50.10 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.50.45 192.168.50.48 Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-21-5A-E9-A4-69 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.50.1(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.50.10 192.168.30.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.50.45 192.168.50.48 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled Tunnel adapter isatap.{12A85923-F1A2-4263-AEF8-ECBFFD402192}: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Tunnel adapter isatap.{87B868D5-CB1A-4B65-9743-DC50F242861A}: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2 Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

U:\>nslookup Default Server: ml570g3dc.administration.eriecountygov.org Address: 192.168.50.45 > ns netadmindan Server: netadmindan.administration.eriecountygov.org Address: 192.168.50.1 DNS request timed out. timeout was 2 seconds. DNS request timed out. timeout was 2 seconds. *** Request to netadmindan timed-out > exit You're using the wrong syntax; by entering "ns netadmindan" you are asking nslookup to lookup the A record (IP address) for a host named "ns" by sending the DNS query to another host named "netadmindan"; the correct way to run your query would be X:\> nslookup Default Server: ml570g3dc.administration.eriecountygov.org Address: 192.168.50.45 > set type=NS > netadmindan or either, willing to run a straight lookup, you may enter from the command prompt the following command nslookup -type=NS netadmindan notice that the both the above queries are asking your configured DNS server to return the NS records for a domain called "netadmindan" and, given the output of the nslookup you posted, such a query doesn't make much sense to me; if possible, please explain what you want to achieve. [edit] Just in case, the "straight" syntax for nslookup is the following nslookup [-class=<rr_class>] [-type=<rr_type>] <query> [dns_server] the parameters enclosed in square brackets are optional; if omitted (i.e. running "nslookup query") the nslookup tool will default to class=IN, type=A and will use the default dns_server configured in the system network properties; as an example, willing to run a query to obtain all the available infos (type=ANY) about the "live.com" domain and using the DNS server at 4.2.2.6 the command will be nslookup -type=ANY live.com 4.2.2.6 HTH

Hi Daniel, Thanks for update. We should specify the record type before query it . For instant , should first specify the type by typing “set type=ns” if want to get the detail information of ns records of one DNS zone from that server: C:\>Nslookup >set type=NS > netadmindan http://support.microsoft.com/kb/200525 Thanks. Tiger Li Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi Daniel, Thanks for update. We should specify the record type before query it . For instant , should first specify the type by typing “set type=ns” if want to get the detail information of ns records of one DNS zone from that server: C:\>Nslookup >set type=NS > netadmindan http://support.microsoft.com/kb/200525 Thanks. Tiger Li Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi Daniel, If there is any update on this issue, please feel free to let us know. Regards, Tiger Li TechNet Subscriber Support in forum If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tnmff@microsoft.com.Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Surprising how using the correct syntax cam magically fix things all is good thanks for the help show how much I use the utility thans agian

Surprising how using the correct syntax cam magically fix things all is good thanks for the help show how much I use the utility Oh, not a problem; all in all you just used the *nix syntax, the one used with the "dig" tool (e.g. "dig ns netadmindan" or "dig ns netadmindan @192.168.50.45") :D I've to admit that I usually stick with "dig" even in windows (yes, there's a win32 port) or use my own query tool, a little critter I wrote years ago :) Anyhow, happy to know things are working now All the best