Machine name resolves to wrong IP

Question

I have a machine called server1 (windows server 2008). It was initially set to have an automatically assigned IP by the DHCP server (windows server 2008). It assigned it 192.168.0.180. I changed server1 to have a static ip of 192.168.0.60. I then deleted the reservation out of the DHCP server. On my local dev machine (windows 7) when I try to ping it it resolves to the old 192.168.0.180 address. I've tried `ipconfig /flushdns' on all the machines, and I've tried rebooting etc. From server1 when I ping it by its name it resolves properly, just not from anywhere else. Is there some cache somewhere that needs to be cleared?

Thanks for the help.

Solution

Is that DHCP server also running as a DNS server? If so, clean up the host entry in DNS (delete and/or clear cache).

Update, 20120219

From an other post you made "Can't find computer by name only by IP address", I make up you do not have any internal naming resolution (like DNS, WINS or host-files).

My advice? Unless you want to return here every other month with resolving issues, get an internal DNS ASAP!

Comments

[Micah]

It's like the WINS/NETBIOS resolution is getting cached. I've been trying nbtstat and arp to clear it, but not sure I'm doing it right.

[Mathias R. Jessen]

ipconfig /registerdns

[Micah]

@MathiasR.Jessen That doesn't seem to be working. Also if I run ipconfig /displaynds there's no entry for server1.

[Brad Christie]

Cached result in the DC possibly? -- EDIT: Can you directly ping the fixed IP, and it's just the "Server1" failing to resolve or is the server inaccessible entirely?

[Micah]

I don't have a DC setup.

[Brad Christie]

You deleted DNS entry & WINS (on the server)?

[Micah]

on the server I'm trying to ping or the one I'm trying to ping from?

[Micah]

It's not. Just a DHCP server. We're not running an internal DNS server.

[Micah]

Yeah, no IP on hosts file. Did setup a WINS server (on same DHCP server). Will setup DNS on it also.

[Henk]

So... is your question answered then? Please accept my answer if it is.

[Micah]

Nope. Still no solution,