this is a mysterious problem:
i cannot connect to my DNS server when i try to use the admin snap-in 'DNS'
on the local machine. yet when i connect from a remote machine on the network
i can successfully connect.
I dont see any events related to this on the event viewer.
all it tells me is "the server is unavailable would you like to add it
anyways'
i know the server is working because my network is fine. except for this.
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Read inline please.

In news:10B60B99-8765-4777-9F9F-32BC68968075@microsoft.com,
ulyses_96 <ulyses96@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> this is a mysterious problem:
> i cannot connect to my DNS server when i try to use the admin snap-in
> 'DNS' on the local machine. yet when i connect from a remote machine
> on the network i can successfully connect.
> I dont see any events related to this on the event viewer.
> all it tells me is "the server is unavailable would you like to add it
> anyways'
> i know the server is working because my network is fine. except for
> this.

Windows 2000 had this problem:
You cannot connect to a DNS server by using the DNS snap-in on a Windows
2000 Server-based domain controller:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/884548/en-us

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thank you very much for the link. i read the KB article but it seems that
this hotfix applies to windows 2000. is there anythint for windows 2003
server?
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> Read inline please.
>
> In news:10B60B99-8765-4777-9F9F-32BC68968075@microsoft.com,
> ulyses_96 <ulyses96@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> > this is a mysterious problem:
> > i cannot connect to my DNS server when i try to use the admin snap-in
> > 'DNS' on the local machine. yet when i connect from a remote machine
> > on the network i can successfully connect.
> > I dont see any events related to this on the event viewer.
> > all it tells me is "the server is unavailable would you like to add it
> > anyways'
> > i know the server is working because my network is fine. except for
> > this.
>
> Windows 2000 had this problem:
> You cannot connect to a DNS server by using the DNS snap-in on a Windows
> 2000 Server-based domain controller:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/884548/en-us
>
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> Best regards,
> Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
> Hope This s
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Read inline please.

In news:1534BAE6-A803-4BE9-AB76-2BB1A0A500CF@microsoft.com,
ulyses_96 <ulyses96@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> thank you very much for the link. i read the KB article but it seems
> that this hotfix applies to windows 2000. is there anythint for
> windows 2003 server?

The article only applies to Win2k, I don't know of any bug in Win2k3 that
presents this issue. Could it possibly be a mis-configuration on the server?
Possibly, it is being denied by a policy or user permissions when logged
onto the server console.
Is the DNS management console the only one presenting this issue?
By what name are you connecting?
Can you connect by IP address?
Do you have the firewall enabled?
Is NetBIOS enabled and/or is the server multihomed?

Post the ipconfig /all for the server.



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