Troubleshooting; Dns; Troubleshooting Checkpoints - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

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DNS

Troubleshooting Checkpoints

Troubleshooting

This chapter contains troubleshooting information for DNS and DHCP.
This section provides the following troubleshooting information for DNS:
"Troubleshooting Checkpoints" on page 123
"Common Configuration Problems" on page 124
"Common Operational Problems" on page 125
"Troubleshooting Windows 95 TCP/IP Problems" on page 128
"Using the "-F" Command Line Option for DNIPINST.NLM" on page
134
"Server Access to DNS/DHCP Locator Object Not Required" on page
134
If you experience problems related to DNS or TCP/IP, you can use the
following steps to begin troubleshooting.
1. Run the WINIPCFG utility to determine your IP address, then ping your
address from a functioning client.
If you do not receive a response, your client's TCP/IP stack is not
functioning. One of the following problems might be the cause:
The client's TCP/IP stack might be incorrectly configured.
The client did not receive an IP address from DHCP properly.
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