Is there a way to disable DNS on a W2K Pro pc on a Active
Directory network with a DNS server? I want to be able to
use only the HOSTS file for name resolution. I did
everything I know and I still can ping host names that are
not in my HOSTS file. I am trying to determine if my DNS
Server being on a different segement than a group of users
that are accessing W2K SQL servers (on the same segment as
the users)is causing a slow a down the application they
are using.
By using HOSTS file only for name resolution I feel I can
prove this is a problem or not.

Thanks, Ken

Remove any DNS server IPs in the IP properties. Also do an ipconfig
/flushdns to clear any local cache.
--wjs

"Ken" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:033001c35219$eea533d0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Is there a way to disable DNS on a W2K Pro pc on a Active
> Directory network with a DNS server? I want to be able to
> use only the HOSTS file for name resolution. I did
> everything I know and I still can ping host names that are
> not in my HOSTS file. I am trying to determine if my DNS
> Server being on a different segement than a group of users
> that are accessing W2K SQL servers (on the same segment as
> the users)is causing a slow a down the application they
> are using.
> By using HOSTS file only for name resolution I feel I can
> prove this is a problem or not.
>
> Thanks, Ken

Thanks for the response.
I had done all that you have mentioned and and I still can
ping host by name that are not in my hosts file. Even
without any host names in my hosts file I can log on to my
AD domain. When I do this and run the ipconfig /displaydns
I only see an entry for 1.0.0.127 in-addr-arpa. When I put
the host name of my dns server in the hosts file than do
the ipconfig /displaydns I see my dns server. If I then
ping a host by name not in the hosts file it displays when
I do the ipconfig /displaydns. Without any host name is my
hosts file I can still ping the same host by name but the
ipconfig /displaydns only shows the 1.0.0.127 in-addr-arpa.

Thanks Ken
>-----Original Message-----
>Remove any DNS server IPs in the IP properties. Also do
an ipconfig
>/flushdns to clear any local cache.
>--wjs
>
>"Ken" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:033001c35219$eea533d0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Is there a way to disable DNS on a W2K Pro pc on a
Active
>> Directory network with a DNS server? I want to be able
to
>> use only the HOSTS file for name resolution. I did
>> everything I know and I still can ping host names that
are
>> not in my HOSTS file. I am trying to determine if my DNS
>> Server being on a different segement than a group of
users
>> that are accessing W2K SQL servers (on the same segment
as
>> the users)is causing a slow a down the application they
>> are using.
>> By using HOSTS file only for name resolution I feel I
can
>> prove this is a problem or not.
>>
>> Thanks, Ken
>
>
>.
>

You can not ping by FQDN however - correct? You are pinging the IP returned
by NBT. Maybe WINS is involved to. You don't want to turn that off either
as you still want to browse and login to the domain I would imagine.

--wjs

"Ken" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:099801c352ae$44180d80$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks for the response.
> I had done all that you have mentioned and and I still can
> ping host by name that are not in my hosts file. Even
> without any host names in my hosts file I can log on to my
> AD domain. When I do this and run the ipconfig /displaydns
> I only see an entry for 1.0.0.127 in-addr-arpa. When I put
> the host name of my dns server in the hosts file than do
> the ipconfig /displaydns I see my dns server. If I then
> ping a host by name not in the hosts file it displays when
> I do the ipconfig /displaydns. Without any host name is my
> hosts file I can still ping the same host by name but the
> ipconfig /displaydns only shows the 1.0.0.127 in-addr-arpa.
>
> Thanks Ken
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Remove any DNS server IPs in the IP properties. Also do
> an ipconfig
> >/flushdns to clear any local cache.
> >--wjs
> >
> >"Ken" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >news:033001c35219$eea533d0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> Is there a way to disable DNS on a W2K Pro pc on a
> Active
> >> Directory network with a DNS server? I want to be able
> to
> >> use only the HOSTS file for name resolution. I did
> >> everything I know and I still can ping host names that
> are
> >> not in my HOSTS file. I am trying to determine if my DNS
> >> Server being on a different segement than a group of
> users
> >> that are accessing W2K SQL servers (on the same segment
> as
> >> the users)is causing a slow a down the application they
> >> are using.
> >> By using HOSTS file only for name resolution I feel I
> can
> >> prove this is a problem or not.
> >>
> >> Thanks, Ken
> >
> >
> >.
> >