I have run into this problem in the past and have never found a single, clean solution – and now I have it again and would like to find the definitive fix.
I switched DSL providers at our office location and for the most part it was a matter of updating the router with the new IP addresses (IP, gateway, and DNS servers). Everything including the VPN to another location worked fine; workstations I powered up to change the DNS addresses also worked fine. (We use fixed IP addresses, not DHCP.)
However, the Win2K3 server and two workstations (1 XP, 1 Vista) that were online at the time of the switch absolutely refuse to find the new DNS servers. I’ve done everything – reboot, repair the connection, flushdns/registerdns, reboot the router and DSL connection… repeatedly. The systems work fine on the intranet and can ping dotted-quad addresses, but absolutely will not resolve DNS.
What is the farkin’ fix for this? (Thanks…)
