Hi
I don't know much about DNS but suppose it must be something to do with the problem. We have one main DC1 and an emergency machine, DC2, which has some errors in its DNS (some incorrect root servers for some reason) which will be cleared up hopefully when we wipe the machine and reinstall (for other reasons). We're using Windows Server 2003.
The active directory on DC2 is out of date due to undetected replication problems going back to before my time here resulting in user logon problems and more (hence the wipe/reinstall plan), but in the meantime I've noticed that when I ping the local domain (ping ourplace.local), it returns the IP address of DC2 rather than DC1 as we would expect (DC1 having always been the authoritative DC around here).
I take it the DNS settings are going to be wrong somewhere and may account for this (and fixing it may make logons more reliable while the other repairs are in progress)? Where should I be looking? Forward Lookup Zones? In the DNS settings under DomainDNSZones, DC2 is listed first (and indeed anywhere else in the settings where it appears). Would that be a problem? Either way, any suggestions as to how to fix this (if it even needs fixing)?
TIA!