Question : Pinging Workstation Name - Results in pinging wrong IP Address

Hi,

There is something weird going on with our network.  We have an SBS 2003 server with 20 client workstations.  I notice an issue a few weeks ago when I tried to remote desktop into a machine from the management console and connected to the wrong machine.

When I ping by workstation name, sometimes the system looks up the IP address correctly but other times it uses the IP address of the wrong workstation.

What do I need to do to get the workstation names and IP addresses back in sync?

Thanks,
Roger

Answer : Pinging Workstation Name - Results in pinging wrong IP Address

Here you go: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/317590.

If you configure dynamic updates, the clients will basically update DNS with their information any time the client renews and IP address, performs a ipconfig /registerdns, or the DHCP lease for it's address expires and it gets a new address from DHCP. See the section called "How Windows 2000-Based Computers Update Their DNS Names".

You can also set the DHCP server itself to update the DNS records independent of the clients. This method will likely give you a more accurate record (provided you manually enter all static IP records into DNS). See the section on "Integration of DHCP with DNS"

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