DHCP Registers NetBIOS Names with DNS (222463)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
This article was previously published under Q222463

SUMMARY

If a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server is set to automatically register a Dynamic DNS (DDNS) server with client information, it passes the client information to the DNS server upon acknowledgment of the IP address reservation.

Windows 2000 DHCP clients send their DNS host name in the Host field, so DNS information is set correctly.

Microsoft Windows 98-based computers, however, place their NetBIOS information into the Host field, so the DHCP server updates the DNS server with the Windows 98 NetBIOS name information, and not the DNS host name information.

MORE INFORMATION

DHCP automatically updates any DDNS server that is compliant with RFC 2136.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/13/2003
Keywords:kbinfo kbnetwork KB222463
©2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.