Hello, we are having an odd problem with our AD DNS
server - intermittently (usually a couple times a day),
pages such as www.msn.com and www.hotmail.com become
inaccessible (get page cannot be displayed). After
restarting the DNS Server service or clearing the DNS
cache, all is well. What is causing this issue and how
can I go about correcting it? TIA

"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<4ddf01c42c57$47d45090$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> Hello, we are having an odd problem with our AD DNS
> server - intermittently (usually a couple times a day),
> pages such as www.msn.com and www.hotmail.com become
> inaccessible (get page cannot be displayed). After
> restarting the DNS Server service or clearing the DNS
> cache, all is well. What is causing this issue and how
> can I go about correcting it? TIA

What error messages are you seeing?

--
Matt Hickman
...you've been trying to dive down the neck of a bottle. That's
OK for your pointy head, but it's too narrow for your shoulders.
Robert A. Heinlein (1907 - 1988)
_The Door Into Summer_ 1956

Matt - when we try to access MSN, for example, it just
comes up with a Page Cannot be Displayed message.

>-----Original Message-----
>"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message news:<4ddf01c42c57$47d45090$(E-Mail Removed)>...
>> Hello, we are having an odd problem with our AD DNS
>> server - intermittently (usually a couple times a day),
>> pages such as www.msn.com and www.hotmail.com become
>> inaccessible (get page cannot be displayed). After
>> restarting the DNS Server service or clearing the DNS
>> cache, all is well. What is causing this issue and how
>> can I go about correcting it? TIA
>
>What error messages are you seeing?
>
>--
>Matt Hickman
> ...you've been trying to dive down the neck of a
bottle. That's
> OK for your pointy head, but it's too narrow for your
shoulders.
> Robert A. Heinlein (1907 - 1988)
> _The Door Into Summer_ 1956
>.
>

D> After restarting the DNS Server service or clearing the DNS
D> cache, all is well.

Enable the "secure cache against pollution" option (or apply the service
packs, which will enable this option for you), and determine whether the
problem persists.

"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<57f701c42d29$6d3bc840$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> Matt - when we try to access MSN, for example, it just
> comes up with a Page Cannot be Displayed message.
>

Here are a few links to Microsoft on various possible causes
for this error message.

http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q175/7/22.asp
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q238/5/50.asp
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q241/3/44.asp
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q259/8/46.asp
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q230/2/06.asp
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q259/8/18.asp

--
Matt Hickman
If the word is ugly, the deed it ten times as ugly.
Robert A. Heinlein (1907 - 1988)
_The Door Into Summer_ 1956

>-----Original Message-----
>Hello, we are having an odd problem with our AD DNS
>server - intermittently (usually a couple times a day),
>pages such as www.msn.com and www.hotmail.com become
>inaccessible (get page cannot be displayed). After
>restarting the DNS Server service or clearing the DNS
>cache, all is well. What is causing this issue and how
>can I go about correcting it? TIA
>.
>
Thanks, guys. I made the cache pollution change, so far
so good.