Windows 2000 Client and Bind DDNS

[Danny Mayer]

At 11:32 AM 4/3/02, PRegan wrote:

>I'm not sure if this is the correct group or an MS one .. I've
>searched both, but not found the exact answer ..
>
>We have a primary Bind 9.1 server, I'm trying to configure DDNS
>updates for machines with static address's .. We already have DHCP
>DDNS working for forward and reverse updates.
>
>I've changed the allow-update in the named.conf to allow localhost and
>my ws ip address in the static range (test), if I run nsupdate from
>the ws then the server is updated, this would indicate that the
>security is ok.  The ws OS is W2K, and  the 'Register this conections
>address's' box is checked.
>
>If i restart the machine I dont get any errors in the log other than a
>DHCPINFORM and ACK to my machines ip .. But, in the log i DO have
>'named update denied' errors for other machines in the static range,
>I've traced these and they are all 2000 servers trying to add updates
>..

For static machines you should always turn off DNS updating on the W2K
Servers.  See the following knowledgebase article:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q246804

You may want to try disabling the DHCP Client Service which is what is
trying to add the addresses to the DNS.


>I've checked the groups and O'Reilly DNS & BIND 4th edition and I cant
>find anything thats been missed.
>
>any help or advice appreciated

         Danny