Event ID 8009: The system failed to register pointer (PTR) resource records (RRs) for network adapter
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The system failed to register pointer (PTR) resource records (RRs) for network adapter
Event 8009
DNS-Client
System log
Information
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them)
The system failed to register pointer (PTR) resource records (RRs) for network adapter
with settings:
Adapter Name : …
Host Name : …
Adapter-specific Domain Suffix : …
DNS server list :
…
Sent update to server : …
IP Address :
…
The reason that the system could not register these RRs was because the update request that was sent to the specified DNS server timed out. This is probably because the authoritative DNS server for the name being registered is not running.
You can manually retry DNS registration of the network adapter and its settings by typing 'ipconfig /registerdns' at the command prompt. If problems still persist, contact your DNS server or network systems administrator. See event details for specific error code information.