Hi all,
This problem started on Monday. I am thinking it is a DNS issue or maybe file sharing issue but probably DNS.
This first started with just new PC’s that I got “Dell optiplex 380 with Win 7 pro." I just recently installed around 15 new ones. I also have around 40 optiplex with Win XP pro.” I have had the XP pro for years and the Win 7 a couple months.
What is happing is when a link to a shared file on the server “Win 2003” is selected an error message appears. “The name specified in the target box is not valid, make sure the path and file name are correct.” These are links to a folder that is on the server shared. The computer where working at 10am but a couple hours later this error was appearing. This only happened on 5 Win 7 PC’s, all at different times. This was when I was thinking maybe a firewall or security. So I shut all the firewalls off and changed the security bit from 128 to 40-50. I tried many different things. Then I restarted a couple times and it started working. So I do not know how I fixed it. This then happened on a couple more but the 50 or so other ones where working fine. The later in the day this happened on one Win XP machine. Since yesterday it has happened on 2 XP ones.
I did find a fix. When I type \\server IP\folder I am able to access the share. But if I type \\server name\folder it does not work.
When I was not able to connect to the folder using the server name I was still able to connect to all other PC’s on the network by their computer name, just not the server. They would start working At random times and also stop at random times. I did not make any changes at all to the server or any settings anywhere.
The only error in the DNS event log on the server is a error 6702. “Below” My backup server is replicating. It did have two network cards before and I did just now go into the properties and remove the IP of the old network card that I am not using anymore. I think that will fix the problem. I do have .local after my domain name. Both servers DNS are up to date and correct with all new PC’s.
I do not know what to do from here. I don’t have a lot of time today to keep working so I am just telling people to use the IP to connect to the server for right now. I will research this more later of tomorrow.
But any help will be great if anyone has ever heard of this happening before to them or someone else.
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Event Type: Error
Event Source: DNS
Event Category: None
Event ID: 6702
Description:
DNS server has updated its own host (A) records. In order to ensure that its DS-integrated peer DNS servers are able to replicate with this server, an attempt was made to update them with the new records through dynamic update. An error was encountered during this update, the record data is the error code.
If this DNS server does not have any DS-integrated peers, then this error should be ignored.
If this DNS server's Active Directory replication partners do not have the correct IP address(es) for this server, they will be unable to replicate with it.
To ensure proper replication:
1) Find this server's Active Directory replication partners that run the DNS server.
2) Open DnsManager and connect in turn to each of the replication partners.
3) On each server, check the host (A record) registration for THIS server.
4) Delete any A records that do NOT correspond to IP addresses of this server.
5) If there are no A records for this server, add at least one A record corresponding to an address on this server, that the replication partner can contact. (In other words, if there multiple IP addresses for this DNS server, add at least one that is on the same network as the Active Directory DNS server you are updating.)
6) Note, that is not necessary to update EVERY replication partner. It is only necessary that the records are fixed up on enough replication partners so that every server that replicates with this server will receive (through replication) the new data.
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This problem started on Monday. I am thinking it is a DNS issue or maybe file sharing issue but probably DNS.
This first started with just new PC’s that I got “Dell optiplex 380 with Win 7 pro." I just recently installed around 15 new ones. I also have around 40 optiplex with Win XP pro.” I have had the XP pro for years and the Win 7 a couple months.
What is happing is when a link to a shared file on the server “Win 2003” is selected an error message appears. “The name specified in the target box is not valid, make sure the path and file name are correct.” These are links to a folder that is on the server shared. The computer where working at 10am but a couple hours later this error was appearing. This only happened on 5 Win 7 PC’s, all at different times. This was when I was thinking maybe a firewall or security. So I shut all the firewalls off and changed the security bit from 128 to 40-50. I tried many different things. Then I restarted a couple times and it started working. So I do not know how I fixed it. This then happened on a couple more but the 50 or so other ones where working fine. The later in the day this happened on one Win XP machine. Since yesterday it has happened on 2 XP ones.
I did find a fix. When I type \\server IP\folder I am able to access the share. But if I type \\server name\folder it does not work.
When I was not able to connect to the folder using the server name I was still able to connect to all other PC’s on the network by their computer name, just not the server. They would start working At random times and also stop at random times. I did not make any changes at all to the server or any settings anywhere.
The only error in the DNS event log on the server is a error 6702. “Below” My backup server is replicating. It did have two network cards before and I did just now go into the properties and remove the IP of the old network card that I am not using anymore. I think that will fix the problem. I do have .local after my domain name. Both servers DNS are up to date and correct with all new PC’s.
I do not know what to do from here. I don’t have a lot of time today to keep working so I am just telling people to use the IP to connect to the server for right now. I will research this more later of tomorrow.
But any help will be great if anyone has ever heard of this happening before to them or someone else.
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Event Type: Error
Event Source: DNS
Event Category: None
Event ID: 6702
Description:
DNS server has updated its own host (A) records. In order to ensure that its DS-integrated peer DNS servers are able to replicate with this server, an attempt was made to update them with the new records through dynamic update. An error was encountered during this update, the record data is the error code.
If this DNS server does not have any DS-integrated peers, then this error should be ignored.
If this DNS server's Active Directory replication partners do not have the correct IP address(es) for this server, they will be unable to replicate with it.
To ensure proper replication:
1) Find this server's Active Directory replication partners that run the DNS server.
2) Open DnsManager and connect in turn to each of the replication partners.
3) On each server, check the host (A record) registration for THIS server.
4) Delete any A records that do NOT correspond to IP addresses of this server.
5) If there are no A records for this server, add at least one A record corresponding to an address on this server, that the replication partner can contact. (In other words, if there multiple IP addresses for this DNS server, add at least one that is on the same network as the Active Directory DNS server you are updating.)
6) Note, that is not necessary to update EVERY replication partner. It is only necessary that the records are fixed up on enough replication partners so that every server that replicates with this server will receive (through replication) the new data.
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