Gmail not working on Domain Controller

ironman2

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May 19, 2014
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Dear All...

Just found this forum and thought I'd post my issue here. I will try to give you a brief idea of the network first.

The network consists of a Domain Controller (DC) running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and 16 other client computers running windows 7, connected via a switch. A cisco ADSL modem is connected to the switch for the internet.

The DC has IP 192.168.50.1 and the DC is also the DNS server for the network.

Since last week, all of a sudden, gmail is not working properly on the network. It opens sometimes, doesn't work and sometimes fails to load. Ping gmail.com works sometimes, sometimes sends 2 packets and sometimes doesn't work at all.

When I change the IP configuration of the client/DC and make the Primary DNS server to the IP of the ISP, gmail works fine. So that means gmail is fine and the isp dns is fine... I concluded that something is wrong with the DC which is why gmail is not opening through the DC DNS. But can't figure out what.

Is there someone who can help me out with this? Has someone here had such a problem before?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in Advance! :)
 
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oynaz

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Have you tried restarting the DNS? I would start by restarting the DNS Service. If that do not work, try rebooting the machine.
Or try deleting the gmail entries in the DNS and let them refresh.
 

ironman2

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May 19, 2014
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I tried that. And rebooting the machine is also no point. I don't have gmail entries in the DNS. Also, added a forward lookup zone for gmail with it's IP but that didn't work either.