[windows2000] Re: Home DNS Server
- From: Robert Funderburk <robfunderburk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 23:41:55 -0500
Ray,
1. Remove the root domain ( the forward lookup zone with a single . ) from
your DNS server. After that the server should forward queries using root
hints to the root servers. After you remove the root domain, you can srt
your DNS server to use a forwarder, such as the IP address of your ISP's DNS
server. You will probably find this faster than just hitting the root
servers on the Internet.
2. I think XP doesn't try to resolve using the second server because it
doesn't work that way. That second server is for when your client does not
get a response from the primary DNS server. XP Pro uses DNS exclusively to
participate in an AD domain. Here is a little experiment. Make your AD DNS
server your primary. Then right click my computer and select "Manage".
After that, try to add a domain user account to a local user group. No
problem, right? Now, remove your AD DNS server as the primary (in fact,
delete it from your TCP/IP settings all together. Now try to do the same
thing. No dice! You shouldn't even be able to select the domain to add
users from!
-Rob
-----Original Message-----
From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ray at home
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 10:35 PM
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] Home DNS Server
Hi list,
Two questions:
1. I asked this before like a year ago, but now I forget and do not have
any e-mails saved. Damn me! How can I use my own DNS server at home? I
was doing it before until I had to rebuild my server due to lots of hardware
failure. I installed Active Directory and DNS on my server. When using my
server as my DNS server, I cannot resolve any Internet addresses. There was
something I had to do to tell my server to forward all requests that it
cannot answer. When looking at the DNS properties on the Forwarders tab,
that option is grayed out indicating that the option is not available
because the server is a root server. There was something that I did before
that I know at least involved an asterisk I think!
2. What's the point of the alternate DNS option that has always existed on
Windows clients? Right now, if I do not use my home server as my DNS
server, I cannot be authenticated in the domain (probably because my domain
name is an actual Inernet domain and it's trying to authenticate me out
there. Whoops.). So, in order to map a drive to a share on my server, I
need to change my DNS to my server. But then I cannot resolve addresses
(see above). So, I figure, fine, DNS entry #1 is my server. DNS server #2
is my ISP's DNS server. Well, with that setting, when DNS #1 cannot resolve
and address, I just get that "cannot resolve..." Why doesn't Windows (XP in
this situation) try the second DNS entry which can resolve the name?
Thanks a lot,
Ray at home
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