Allowing NetBIOS responses on a DNS Alias in Win 2K3

You must disable "Strict Name Checking" on Windows 2003 server to allow the server to respond to a DNS alias.

To resolve this problem in Windows Server 2003, complete the following steps:

1. Create the CNAME record for the file server on the appropriate DNS server, if the CNAME record is not already present. Apply the following registry change to the file server. To do so, follow these steps:
   1. Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).
   2. Locate and click the following key in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters
   3. On the Edit menu, click Add Value, and then add the following registry value:
      1. Value name: DisableStrictNameChecking
      2. Data type: REG_DWORD
      3. Radix: Decimal
      4. Value: 1
      5. Quit Registry Editor.
2. Restart your computer.

Article ID: 16, Created On: 5/29/2009, Modified: 5/29/2009