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Non-existent DNS query oddity

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by systhine from tampabay.rr.com

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When I query for a non-existant DNS record, the query returns with our local domain name tacked on to the end of the original query. This is bothersome because our DNS service uses wildcards and will return one of our IP addresses /no matter what non-existent record I query for/. Say I query for nowhere.nothing.it.com...

> nowhere.nothing.it.com
Server: dns.ournetwork.net
Address: 66.0.255.1

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: nowhere.nothing.it.com.ournetwork.net
Address: 66.0.255.226

This occurs with our local DNS server and our ISP's DNS server. Might anyone know why my queries are being altered and how I fix this behavior?

NT4 SP6a w/ MS DNS Server

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by rapidad

Sounds pretty strange, try a few things,
1.
C:\>ipconfig /displaydns
2.
C:\>ipconfig /flushdns
3.
C:\>ipconfig /registerdns
4.
C:\>ipconfig /displaydns

this may give you (us) some hints as to what is taking place. the difference between the first displaydns and the second are critical.

let us know what you find

by systhine from tampabay.rr.com

The switches suggested for use with IPConfig were introduced in Windows 2000 and are not available under NT4 SP6a, which, as I mentioned, is the platform I am working on. Is there another application that performs this function that I am not aware of under NT4?

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