DNS problem, nslookup works, ping doesn't

Question

I am setting up a development server in my flat. I have set up an Ubuntu DNS server on it and have added the zone weddinglist (just weddinglist - no TLD. It\'s just an internal

Answer 1

If you can ping the FQDN, look at how DNS devolution is set up the PC.

Winsock API which MS ping will automatically use the FQDN of the client PC if append primary and connection specific DNS suffix is checked in TCP/IP advanced DNS settings. If the host is in another domain, the client must perform DNS devolution.

Under XP TCP/IP advanced properties DNS, make sure append parent suffixes is checked so that the ping request traverses the domain back to the parent.