help: local windows machines cant resolve local addresses

["Rob Cartier" <rcartier snet net>]

I have just configured a new rh 7.1 server
with dhcpd , samba and pppoe

All my machines on the local net can route out
to the internet ok but when I try to telnet 
to the machine to port 25 (smtp) or traceroute
and do a tcpdump I see that it goes out through
my server to the defined dns servers. Where it
fails and then after sometime is able to find the
server and connect. (20-30 seconds later).

my other linux machines are ok but the win2k box is
driving me crazy

below is my dhcpd.conf file that all my windows machines use

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server-identifier apollo;
default-lease-time 1800;
max-lease-time 7200;
option broadcast-address	192.168.1.255;
option domain-name		"cartiers";
option domain-name-servers	204.60.7.2, 204.60.0.3;
option netbios-name-servers	192.168.1.254;
option routers			192.168.1.254;
option subnet-mask		255.255.255.0;
subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0{
	range  192.168.1.15 192.168.1.99;
}
host europa {
	hardware ethernet  00:08:c7:d9:78:ec;
	fixed-address 192.168.1.2;
}
host axisprint {
	hardware ethernet 00:40:8c:10:21:88;
	fixed-address 192.168.1.100;
}
host jetdirect {
	hardware ethernet 08:00:09:1e:e1:0d;
	fixed-address 192.168.1.101;
}

any suggestions would be appreciated

Rob