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Chockomonkey
Asked: 2015-04-16 09:19:12 +0800 CST

Manually entered Windows Server 2008 R2 DNS entry only sometimes forwards to Ubuntu VM

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I have a Ubuntu VM that I'm turning into a web server. I don't want this on the domain so it doesn't automatically get a DNS entry.

As such I've created one for it in the Forward Lookup Zone, but alas it only sometimes works. Half the time I ping the machine by name it will work. Then I'll come into work the next morning and find that the DNS lookup is no longer working.

Anyone have any ideas why this might be?

I tried nslookup: 

>nslookup cc
5.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa
    primary name server = localhost
    responsible mail addr = nobody.invalid
    serial = 1
    refresh = 600 (10 mins)
    retry = 1200 (20 mins)
    expire = 604800 (7 days)
    default TTL = 10800 (3 hours)
Server: UnKnown
Address: 192.168.1.5

Name: cc.AD1.local
Address: 192.168.1.66

>ping cc
Ping request could not find host cc. Please check the name and try again.
windows-server-2008

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