Help with win2k DNS

[bigshooter]

I have a little problem. I am trying to use DNS for my internal network name resolution, but the only way that I can get computers to register their DNS records is when I create a root "." zone. This won't work for me because I still want to use @home DNS for internet and I can't put root hints or forwarders in when I'm a root server (can I?) When I do it, it won't let me, but I may have something wrong. Anyone know how I can fix this, just create my forward lookup zone, and then make everything register?

 

[Dark]

Hi I know that you shouldn't be using the . zone if you want to use your internal DNS. The way I do it usually is enable dynamic DNS and let the hosts register themselves. Then I use the forwarder to resolve external DNS queries. That way your DNS is gonna build a rich cache and access will be faster to your hosts.

 

[bigshooter]

I have dynamic updates enabled, the server won't register itself, and clients won't automatically register eitehr.

 

[Dark]

Something is wrong. check the Event viewer to see if there is any errors related to the DNS. Also check the services. Finally you may need to reinstall it.

 

[Workin']

I just set up Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, and IIS for my internal network yesterday. What a pain. Especially since I had very little clue what I was doing.

Are you using DHCP? My DNS wouldn't work automagically until I told my DHCP server to make the DNS IP address available in DHCP queries. I also had to set up my Win98 machines to use DNS and I had to manually enter the appropriate info on those machines. My Win2k boxes just got up and went after the DHCP change. You definitely can not have a . zone if you want to use a forwarder.

I had a problem where the localhost address could not be found, I'm like WTF??? but then I installed SP1 and the problem went away. Go figure.

That's the high points, it only took me all day to figure it out. But it works slick now.

 

[err]

bigshooter:

I've had this problem in the past. I can't put any forwarders in Win2K DNS server. Checked MS support and you have to delete the "." zone.

You don't neccessarily need that for all your workstation to do automatic name registration.

Do that, reboot and you should be fine.

eRr

 

[bigshooter]

I'm going to install SP1 right now, well i just figured out I already have SP1 installed, its part of my win2k server install cd "cool". I figured out that I can't create my DNS root zone even with root hints pointing towards @home's servers. I get no errors in the event log other than some RRAS bs, and I can get external name resolution through my forwarders. Internal is still using netbios though, and I want to get that to stop. I have no DNS records of computers in my lookupzones. They are all win2k machiens except for one win98 box that I am going to get DHCP to register for me once I get the win2k boxes to start registering themselves.