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by limiller

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Our network consists of one Win2000 server, service pack 1, and one NT4.0 server,service pack 6a. I am a novice when it comes to the use of DNS on the internal network, and am not sure how the WIN2000 and NT4.0 server interact at the DNS level. Does anyone know if these errors are significant and how I fix them? (I have replaced the registered domain name of this LAN with "companyname" in the following event log entries)

Thanks to all.

Our server is logging the following errors regularly:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: NETLOGON
Event Category: None
Event ID: 5774
Date: 8/6/2001
Time: 4:46:23 PM
User: N/A
Computer: W2K-SERVER
Description:
Registration of the DNS
record '_kerberos._tcp.dc._msdcs.companyname.com. 600IN
SRV 0 100 88 w2k-server.companyname.com.' failed with the following error:
DNS server unable to interpret format.
Data:
0000: 29 23 00 00 )#..

Event Type: Error
Event Source: NETLOGON
Event Category: None
Event ID: 5774
Date: 8/6/2001
Time: 4:44:00 PM
User: N/A
Computer: W2K-SERVER
Description:
Registration of the DNS record '_ldap._tcp.7d58f131-ba16-
4f81-a355-e15ea50b029d.domains._msdcs.companyname.com. 600
IN SRV 0 100 389 w2k-server.companyname.com.' failed with
the following error:
DNS server unable to interpret format.
Data:
0000: 29 23 00 00 )#..

Event Type: Error
Event Source: DNS
Event Category: None
Event ID: 4011
Date: 3/6/2001
Time: 10:10:35 PM
User: N/A
Computer: W2K-SERVER
Description:
The DNS server was unable to add or write an update of domain name _ldap in zone companyname.com to the Active Directory. Check that the Active Directory is functioning properly and add or update this domain name using the DNS Console. The event data contains the error.
Data:
0000: 2a 23 00 00 *#..

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by peplik

Hi,

You may want to check out the following article # Q252695 on the microsoft support site ... http://support.microsoft.com

When a 2000 Domain controller boots up it tries to dynamically enter srv (service) records in DNS. Windows 2000 computers use these srv records to find the location of service on the network. I realize this is kinda vague but it will give you a place to start.

by legj1

We were having some similiar problems at one time. We eventually re-structured our DNS naming due to conflicts with our ISP's DNS server. Our internal devices were showing up as company name.coms. We resolved all conflicts by changing the .com to.lan so we would not interfere with our top level domain. You may want to check this out. It worked for us and we were getting lots of DNS errors similiar to yours.

by deltree

Poster 1 is on the right track. Your issue is most likely due to an incorrectly set up DNS configuration.
Please consult MS article Q260371 for troubleshooting AD setup issues related to DNS. This article should help resolve your issue.

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