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charlie4872
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Jun 08, 2022

Pinging internal domain name

Hello I have a question that I cannot find answers to when searching Google. What determines which domain controller responds when I ping our internal domain name? It seems when I ping from one computer I get a response from one domain controller and when I ping from another computer I get a response from a different domain controller. I first though maybe it would be a DC in the site to which my subnet belongs but that is not the case. I am getting a response from a DC in a different site. Does anyone know what determines which DC responds when pinging the domain name itself and not a FQDN of a host. Thanks in advance!

  • Pinging the domain name will just result in one DNS server replying. There is no influence on which one reacts. Ping is also not site aware.

     

     

  • Just checking if there's any progress or updates, please don't forget to mark helpful replies.

     

     

  • Pinging the domain name will just result in one DNS server replying. There is no influence on which one reacts. Ping is also not site aware.

     

     

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