Can ping address but cannot resolve in a browser?

[Jushin-Thunder-Liger]

Funny 1 this, i can ping and alias i added into DNS but for some reason it wont resolve in any browser. This only happens in 1 machine, everyone else can resolve it OK. I have disabled the firewall. flushed dns on the local machine and reloaded dns on the server but nooope. Whats happening?


To make matters worse, it ocasionaly works for a few hours then stops again for no reason

[Ginger Tosser]

Does it have an incorrect entry in the hosts file? (%systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc)

If not put one in there, it won't answer why it fails but it might fix it.

I assume the DNS settings on the problem PC are o.k. (ie nothing in the network setting overriding DHCP settings).

[Jushin-Thunder-Liger]

Cheers, but no nothing currently added there and adding it doesnt fix it.

How very odd

Thanks anyhoo!

[Jushin-Thunder-Liger]

Manually set the DNS server to our internal box, which solved it. Turns out the LAN card was by-passing our DNS server and going straight to an external Demon 1.

Very odd

oh well, there you go

[Ginger Tosser]

Bloody DNS

[Jushin-Thunder-Liger]

Bloody DNS

its a "bunch of arse" apparently

[Jushin-Thunder-Liger]

Im bloody sick of being an IT Manager, btw hassle all day long.

Moving into development as soon as i get competent!

[Ginger Tosser]

I'd move into development but i got confused with pointers in C. I might have another go with a different language instead.

[Jushin-Thunder-Liger]

I'd move into development but i got confused with pointers in C. I might have another go with a different language instead.

SQL Server i'm fine with, stored procedures, normalisation no problem

Finding C# tough going though, it just doent fit with the way my mind works, if you know what i mean.

Im Mirosoft up to my eyeballs here at work, so switching languages isnt really gonna be much use to me.

shame as i find Java much easier

[kernow]

SQL Server i'm fine with, stored procedures, normalisation no problem

Finding C# tough going though, it just doent fit with the way my mind works, if you know what i mean.

Im Mirosoft up to my eyeballs here at work, so switching languages isnt really gonna be much use to me.

shame as i find Java much easier

hehe!

[Ajay1986]

WooHoo normalisation a laugh a minute there, i hate hate hate normalisation. And C oh dear C thinking about it makes my head hurt.