Event ID 7062

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Event ID 7062: DNS Server encountered a packet addressed to itself

Symptom: When checking the Event Viewer, DNS server is logging Event 7062: DNS Server encountered a packet addressed to itself -- IP address<actual IP address>. The DNS server should never be sending a packet to itself. This situation usually indicates a configuration error.
Check the following areas for possible self-send configuration errors:

1) Forwarders list. (DNS servers should not forward to themselves).
2) Master lists of secondary zones.
3) Notify lists of primary zones.
4) Delegations of subzones. Must not contain NS record for DNS server.

Resolution:

1. DNS servers should not forward to themselves: DNS can be configured to forward off-site queries to designated servers. Be sure that the DNS server is not configured to forward these off-site queries to itself:

1.	Select the server, click DNS, and then click Properties from the menu.
2.	Click the Forwarders tab.
3.	If the server's own IP address is listed, select it and click Remove.
4.	After you make this change, make sure to stop and restart the DNS service.

2. Master lists of secondary zones: If this server includes secondary zones, make sure that it does not list itself as a master server for those zones.

3. Notify lists of primary zones: If the server has a zone on it configured to allow zone transfers and to notify it secondary servers to do a zone transfer, it should not have its own address be notified.
4. Delegations of subzones: Must not contain NS record for this DNS server unless sub-zone is also on this server.

5. Root hints: Check your Root Hints tab to make sure it does not have its own name and address listed there.

6. Multihomed computer: If this is multihomed computer, disabling MS Client, File & Printer sharing on the outer NIC. You should not register the outside NIC on the DNS record.