Re: Ping returning wrong address

Rob,

        Sounds like all the DNS caches have not expired and the new entries
have not propagated yet...

        JMS...

----- Original Message -----
From: <rob@dekko.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 11:35 AM
Subject: Ping returning wrong address


>
> We have multiple IP addresses set up in our TCP/IP interfaces on this one
> 400.  Each Domino server has it's own.  Well the NT people here got cute
> and used one of our IP addresses for one of our Domino servers and set
that
> up in the DNS for the 400 itself.  10.10.1.186 is for the Domino server
> GDSHELP.  10.10.1.123 is for the 400 GDIMAIL.  But I ping GDIMAIL from
> elsewhere and it went to 10.10.1.186.  Well, I got the Cisco kid to fix
the
> DNS.  Now when I ping GDIMAIL from my PC I get 10.10.1.123.  However when
I
> ping GDIMAIL from another 400 it still goes to 10.10.1.186.  I checked the
> host table on the source 400 and there is no GDIMAIL, no GDSHELP and no
> 10.10.1.186.  I checked out the address of the DNS using 12. Change TCP/IP
> domain information and it matches the address of the dns from my PC.  So I
> tried adding a host table entry for 10.10.1.123 to GDIMAIL.  Now when I
> ping GDIMAIL it works.  I removed the host table entry and it goes back to
> 10.10.1.186.  Is there some sort of cache or am I missing something?
>
> I'll probably leave the host table in for a workaround.
>
> Rob Berendt
>
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