SBS2003 & DNS

[imported_eGoCeNTRoNiX]

Here's the scoop..

I have a company running Small Business Server 2003 and originally when the DNS was set up it was setup as egocentronix.com Now it's egocentronix.local So, when I type in egocentronix.com from the network it takes me to egocentronix.local which is the server page. I want it to take me to egocentronix.com The primary DNS on each machine is set to the servers IP. What am I doing wrong, or what is the solution? Anybody know?

TIA!

eGo

 

[Genx87]

Put in a host record that points to the external IP address of the website.

 

[imported_eGoCeNTRoNiX]

Ok, what kind of host directory? We knew it needed to be listed, but need to know which type of host record. Sorry if this is a stupid question.

TIA

eGo

 

[RebateMonger]

I'm understanding that you mistakenly named your SBS Domain with the same name as your Internet Domain Name? It's a common mistake among people who've never created an Active Directory Domain before, and one reason why SBS consultants recommend that a first-time installer plan on installing SBS twice before actually doing the REAL, working, install. There are several such common mistakes, and most people need to make them once before learning the right way to do it.

The fix for the mis-named Domain name is to create an "A" (host) record in the SBS DNS Forward Lookup Zone. For the last Domain that I "fixed", I created an "A" record that looked like this:

www.mydomain.com xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (the external IP address for the Server)

When internal clients want to access their company's external web site, they type:
http://www.mydomain.com

Note that this assumes that your client PCs are (correctly) getting their DNS services solely from the SBS Server (This is the second mistake that many new installers make, allowing, instead, their Router/Firewall to be the Default Gateway, DHCP Server, and DNS Server).

 

[imported_eGoCeNTRoNiX]

Thanx for the reply! Lots of helpful info there. My co-worker that is having the issue says that he has to use a C name? That he can't use the IP address. That's all I could get out of him over the phone, I'll probe him a little more when he gets here. Any idea what the solution might be based on that info?

TIA

eGo

 

[cross6]

Just make a new DNS record for WWW.yourdomain.com and then the ip of your web server.