Computer name changed but can still ping to old name.

[Guest]

I have a Windows 2000 server network with AD.

Here is my problem:

I am deploying a new RIS image to my machines. Before deploying an image t
a machine, I delete it's account from the AD so no conflicts will occur with
the new machine. This has worked very well for 90% of the machines I have
done.

ONe of the machines, we will call it Machine-X, was deleted from the AD in
preparation to be imaged. After deploying the new image, I named the machine
Machine-Y and added it to the AD.

I can now ping the old name (Machine-X) as well as the new name (Machine-Y).
Both names return the same IP. Doing a tracert on the IP address returns
the name Machine-Y.

Why can I still ping to both names?

Thanks.

Sean

 

[Joe Richards [MVP]]

Because the old name hasn't been removed from DNS or WINS or both.

joe

 

[Guest]

Hi Joe.

Thanks for the quick response. It is in WINS, but since we don't have a
WINS server here, I guess we'll just have to wait for it to clear on it's own.

Sean

 

[Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP]]

Look into nbtstat

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Cary W. Shultz
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Microsoft Active Directory MVP

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