I.P issues

I recently had to change I.P addresses on one of our servers. Lets call is server1. Now another server called server2 is still picking up the old I.P address from somewhere. i.e when i type ping server1 it still pings the old I.P address.

I have updated the DNS on all servers, i have scavenged the DNS records and clearned the cache and also updated WINS. I can get server2 to ping the proper I.P address by using the hosts file but i still would like it to be able to ping it without the use of the hosts file. But even when the server1 is listed in the hosts file I can't access it through network places or by going to run and typing \\server1, i can access it through the I.P address from the run menu and also by the FQDN.

So where could it be getting the old I.P address from and why i cant access it through network places? it is the only server that i cannot access from server2?

 

it pings fine if i ping the new i.p

 

I know you said you've gone through DNS, but have you tried "ipconfig /flushdns" from a command prompt. Also, have you set in things in the hosts files, or do anything with WINS?

Eric

 

Also have a look for a LMHOSTS entry. LMHOSTS is the NetBIOS version of the HOSTS file. Entries in there will take presidence over DNS lookup.

Also worth a try. Try a NSLOOKUP. That should tell you where the name is being resolved.