TCP/IP + HTTP. I have checked the connection inside out, it happens on both thin and fat clients. The only place I can see asking for a server on a thin is set to ICA and on a fat client you have to choose the published application out of the list. The only place we have seen the word desktop is in the connection list as the published app. We generally don;t use the default and instead specify the connection by FQDN, so one of our schools would be ica.flomac.fvsd.ab.ca listed as the server that holds the published app. I am in the process of checking with our other sites to see if they are getting the same errors and not telling me. _____ From: Jaimes, Leon [mailto:Leon.Jaimes@xxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 12:38 PM To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [THIN] Re: Weird dns issue Robert, It sounds like a client configuration issue. I have had this happen on our NCD ThinSTAR 332's when we go through the wizard and at some point there is a field that isn't clearly defined where it asks for a name or something and fills in Desktop automatically. It ended up being the hostname field and not the name of the connection. Anyway check the Address list in the properties of the connection and see if it has the use default checked or if it has Desktop in there as a server. Also see if your are connecting using TCP/IP or TCP/IP+HTTP. HTH Leon -----Original Message----- From: Robert Barrett [mailto:RobertB@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 3:47 PM To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'; 'THIN@xxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [THIN] Weird dns issue We have finally nailed down a problem we were having with clients showing a "server cannot be located" message. The thin clients when attempting to connect to a published app called Desktop, are querying DNS for desltop.domainname and not surprising are unsuccessful in locating it. I entered a host name for desktop and everything worked fine. Anyone else seen this type of thing? Why is it querying dns for a record of itself? Robert Barrett MCSE, CCA, A+ Enterprise Administrator Fort Vermilion School Division <http://www.fvsd.ab.ca> http://www.fvsd.ab.ca robertb@xxxxxxxxxx