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 the same issue. As pointed out by other answers ping and nslookup use different mechanisms to lookup an ip.

Chances are you are trying to ping a machine not on the same domain. When you ping the fully qualified name of the server this should then work.

nslookup works:

PS C:\Users\Administrator> nslookup nuget
Server:  ad-01.docs.com
Address:  192.168.10.20

Name:    nuget.docs.com
Address:  192.168.10.17

Ping fails:

PS C:\Users\Administrator> ping nuget
Ping request could not find host nuget. Please check the name and try again.

Ping works, using FQDN:

PS C:\Users\Administrator> ping nuget.docs.com

Pinging nuget.docs.com [192.168.70.17] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.10.17: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=127
Reply from 192.168.10.17: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=127
Reply from 192.168.10.17: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=127
Reply from 192.168.10.17: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=127

Ping statistics for 192.168.10.17:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 2ms, Average = 1ms

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To fix this you will need to alter the DNS setting for the machine and add the DNS suffix to lookup.

1. Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections
2. Network adapter -> properties
3. IPV4 -> Properties
4. General tab -> Advanced
5. DNS Tab
6. Select "Append these DNS suffixes (in order)"
7. Add the required domain names
8. Disable, then enable your network adapter (don't do this on a VM, you'll loose your connection, instead try 'ipconfig /renew')