DNS forwarder issue using Workstation 6.5

[JChief]

I have three machines set up on a Team. (2) Windows 2003 Servers (Server1, Server11) and 1 XP client (XP1)

Network Settings for all three:

Server1, NAT VMnet8: 192.168.57.201 255.255.255.0 192.168.57.2

Server11, NAT VMNet8: 192.168.57.211 255.255.255.0 192.168.57.2

XP1, NAT VMNet8: 192.168.57.128 255.255.255.0 192.168.57.2

Server1 is the DNS Server as well so Primary DNS for all three Guests are 192.168.57.201

My problem is that the XP1 box can get out to the Internet even though I primary DNS is set to Server1 which is 192.168.57.201 and I haven't yet added any entries in the DNS Forwarder. In a physical network that XP machine isn't supposed to be able to access the Internet until I enter the DNS Forwarder information on the DNS Server1. Can someone tell me why that would be in this VM environment? VMnet8 info is set to 192.168.57.0/24 with a DHCP range of 192.168.57.128 - 254 and the Gateway IP address is 192.168.57.2. I am wanting to my DNS Server correctly in this environment and if I had set this up correctly the XP1 box should not be able to access the Internet until I enter my Forwarder info on Server1. Can somebody help me? ?:|

Thank you

[AWo]

Can you post "ipconfig /all" from the XP box?

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[JChief]

Absolutely.

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : XP1

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : benandbrady.com

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : benandbrady.com

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Accelerated AMD PCNet Adapt

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-29-EE-8D-66

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.57.128

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.57.2

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.57.201

Also I found out there is another issue. Both of the servers can ping each other. XP box can ping both servers. BUT Neither server can get a reply from the XP box. Here is the IPConfig /all for the two servers as well.

Server 1:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Server1

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : benandbrady.com

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : benandbrady.com

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network Connection

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-29-9C-AC-C8

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.57.201

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.57.2

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.57.201

Server 11:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Server11

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : benandbrady.com

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : benandbrady.com

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network Connection

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-29-29-D7-96

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.57.211

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.57.2

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.57.201

Here is what happens when either Server attempts to ping the XP box:

From Server1:

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.BENANDBRADY>ping 192.168.57.128

Pinging 192.168.57.128 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 192.168.57.128:

Packets: Sent = 1, Received = 0, Lost = 1 (100% loss),

Control-C

^C

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.BENANDBRADY>ping xp1

Pinging xp1.benandbrady.com http://192.168.57.128 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.

Request timed out.

Request timed out.

Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 192.168.57.128:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

Thanks AWo

[JChief]

Here is ipconfig /all from HOST box too:

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-4B-15-02-AC

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::c047:cc5c:2982:a9c3%8(Preferred)

IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3(Preferred)

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, May 07, 2009 8:29:33 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, May 09, 2009 6:52:51 AM

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 201327691

DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-10-3A-9C-C1-00-04-4B-15-02-AC

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet

1

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-01

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::8c2e:2a51:27ba:3888%14(Preferred)

IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.197.1(Preferred)

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 402673750

DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-10-3A-9C-C1-00-04-4B-15-02-AC

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 4:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet

8

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-08

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::a072:586a:302c:8903%15(Preferred)

IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.57.1(Preferred)

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 436228182

DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-10-3A-9C-C1-00-04-4B-15-02-AC

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{AAF00FF8-D365-45A1-819E-1ECE5A885

E26}

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 13:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{30E5FD87-8DC4-4F02-A309-F0377C0CF

798}

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 14:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{BA30CB8A-2D28-4603-8E3B-2AD785E3C

E2C}

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 15:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{9B893FB9-CFBD-439D-82E1-A554F7211

139}

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

[AWo]

All that looks fine and well configured.

Disable all firewalls on the guests while testing and try to ping again.

One thing I can think of is IPv6. Remove all IPv6 stuff from all adapters.

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AWo

VCP / vEXPERT 2009

[JChief]

Thank you - turning off the firewall in XP resolved that problem. Any idea why the XP box can access the Internet even though I didn't enter anything in the DNS Forwarder? Thank you