DNS problem, nslookup works, ping doesn't

Question

I am setting up a development server in my flat. I have set up an Ubuntu DNS server on it and have added the zone weddinglist (just weddinglist - no TLD. It\'s just an internal

Answer 1

I had this problem occasionally when using a multi-label name ie test.internal

The solution for me was to stop/start the dnscache on my windows 7 machine. Open a console as administrator and type

net stop dnscache
net start dnscache

then sigh and look for a way to get a Mac as your principal desktop.