Read inline please.

In news:OovRp3YaIHA.1532@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl,
Howard Swope <howard_swopeAThms3DOTcom> typed:
> Some more information:
>
> My DNS setup looks slightly different then that of another functional
> domain (separate forest). The current one has an _msdcs.xxx.xxx entry
> under forward lookup zones and it has no reverse lookup zones
> defined. My other dns also a pdc on 2003 server doesn't have this
> entry and it does have a reverse lookup zone defined. I am not sure
> if this has any effect on anything.
>
> I am also getting some interesting information in the dns event
> viewer:
> The DNS server encountered an invalid domain name in a packet from
> 68.87.66.196. The packet will be rejected. The event data contains
> the DNS packet.
>
> I am getting a few of these errors. This address is one of the DNS
> servers which I forward to. I would think this might be indicative of
> some type of nic / driver issue. However, when not configured as a
> DNS the networking flies.

I cannot test your forwarder, it refuses queries from me, probably an ISP
restriction in place, try changing the forwarder to 4.2.2.2 or 4.2.2.1 both
are very fast and reliable.



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Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
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