Windows Server DNS Question

[masteryoda34]

I have a question about Windows DNS Server on Server 2003/2008. (DNS servers are domain members.) I want to add entrys for a zone (lets say zone.com) like: sub.zone.com. However, I want the DNS server to forward queries to an external DNS server (forwarder) for any entries in zone.com that are not recorded on the local DNS server.

For example (this is how I want it to work) :

Local DNS server has a record for sub.zone.com.
Local DNS server does not have a record for external.zone.com.

If an internal computer queries sub.zone.com, the local record is returned.
If an internal computer queries external.zone.com, the local DNS server finds no entries, but looks to a forwarder (external DNS server), and returns the result (if any) to the client.

How do I set it up this way?

Thank you

 

[Nothinman]

Either a DNS server is authoritative for a domain or it's not, AFAIK you can't have it be authoritative and fall back to another server if it doesn't find an entry in one it's domains. If for some reason you're using zome.com internally and externally you'll just have to keep them in sync manually or set one of the serves to be a slave of the other.

 

[masteryoda34]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
Either a DNS server is authoritative for a domain or it's not, AFAIK you can't have it be authoritative and fall back to another server if it doesn't find an entry in one it's domains. If for some reason you're using zome.com internally and externally you'll just have to keep them in sync manually or set one of the serves to be a slave of the other.

Hmm, thats disappointing, but thanks.

 

[Nothinman]

Hmm, thats disappointing, but thanks.

That's just how DNS works, maybe you should grab a copy of DNS and Bind from O'Reilly.

 

[masteryoda34]

Originally posted by: Nothinman

Hmm, thats disappointing, but thanks.

That's just how DNS works, maybe you should grab a copy of DNS and Bind from O'Reilly.

Lol, a former co-worker told me I should read that.