DNS Question

[Sp00n]

I've recently setup a new network which was basically changing to an sbs2003 server and re-joining computers to a new domain. I also changed the server name.

Trouble is that people are now having issues with certain things, for instance they use autocad which has a strange printer setup, it remembers the plot settings from when you last saved the file which also includes the printer path.

So i am stuck with a dilemma, when users try to plot their drawings they get errors along the lines of "cannot find printer \\oldservername\printername"

This is because the servername has changed from server to dps1, i realise now this could prove to be quite a mistake.

I have attempted a work around by adding in A record for the name "server" at the same ip address as dps1 x.x.16.1

Trouble is people cannot seem to access shares via \\server, they get an error saying " You were not connected because a duplicate name exists on the network."

Anyone got any ideas?

 

[m_cozzy]

Try adding the old name as a cname then follow the instructions below. This will allow the shares to work.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters

If we create a DWORD value under this key named:

DisableStrictNameChecking

And set it to ‘1’ – our CNAME works again!