DNS Suffix search list not working

[RadiclDreamer]

I have a network where there are multiple domains. For ease lets call them


primarysite.domain.com
mysite.org
secondarysite.domain.com
domain.com

Now if i issue an nslookup on blah i should see it querying the dns server as follows

blah.primarysite.domain.com
blah.mysite.org
blah.secondarysite.domain.com
blah.domain.com

If it finds the blah.x.x it should stop and return the result, but what Im actually getting is it trying the first two and then failing to check the last 2. an ipconfig/all shows all 4 are in the suffix search list but with a debug on nslookup it clearly isnt trying those, any ideas why this would be?

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Bump

More info, if i do an nslookup and set debug and then set debug to d2 I only see the client making requests to the dns server for the first 2 suffixes, I've tested this on an 8.1 machine as well as an XP with no love. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[tomt4535]

Is it getting an answer from the DNS server for one of the suffixes? Also, if you include the trailing "." in the question, Windows won't add on the DNS Suffixes.