Server 2008 has no Internet access
Hi, I have a Windows Server 2008 which is acting as the only DNS and DC in my network. But the server is not connected to the internet. So that I’m using the public DNS servers in all the client machines. Servers TCP/IP: IP:192.168.x.2 subnet: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.x.1(The IP address of the modem provided by [...]

Answer Question   |  June 18, 2013  7:19 AM
DNS server, Networking, Windows Server 2008

No IE6 access Win 2k3 DNS problem
Guys, I installed Win 2k3 and the internet was fine until I set up my DNS server now it says I’m connected but can’t access websites any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer Question   |  February 11, 2013  8:40 AM
DNS server, Windows Server 2003

DNS server
i need to have multiple servers on one ip. how would i achive that say by dns or something so that each server is accessible by the same port. for example Server1: mydomain.com -> local 192.168.1.12 Server2: s2.mydomain.com -> local 192.168.1.13 is this possible by windows dns or linux, any method really would help.

Answer Question   |  September 4, 2012  4:08 AM
DNS server

DNS / AD sync problem
Hi, The senario is : 1. Forest in 2003 env; 2. DC : Server 2008 ; 3. DNS configured on primary DC 4. 5 DC’s in forest;  5. Mine is new DC for this site. Now, I’m not able to sync the DC’s with other location. Check with the logs for the DC. The issue [...]

Answer Question   |  February 27, 2012  12:26 PM
AD DNS, DC Server, DNS server

DNS Server
How to configure DNS Servere in Windows server 2008 R2.

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  7:42 AM
DNS server, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

DNS Server IP Address
Though DNS Server IP Address is configured, system says Invalid address- help

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  9:59 AM
DNS server, DNS Server Configuration, IP address, ISP

Redirecting all URL combinations
Can we redirect all possible url combinations to our homepage IE: www.homepage.com, homepage.com, http://www.homepage.com, http://homepage.com etc? We are using DNS on Windows Server 2008. Please advise.

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  6:02 PM
DNS, DNS server, URL, URL redirection, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Administration

DNS on Active Directory 2008
Does DNS need to be installed on the AD 2008 server or can it just be available on another Windows server 2008 in my domain?

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  8:37 PM
Active Directory 2008, DNS, DNS server, DNS Server Configuration, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Active Directory

Can exchange run with dns server?
hi I am brand new to exchange. Recently i installed a ms 2003 exchange server on a 2003 server. Is there a possible way to install and make the exchange server run without DNS server or to use a different DNS server hosted by my isp other then the one built into the server the [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  6:21 AM
DNS, DNS server, Exchange 2003, Exchange configuration, Windows Server 2003

Does Active Directory on Windows server 2008 still require DNS?
Does AD on Windows 2008 require DNS still? If not what can we use in its place?

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  6:04 PM
Active Directory, DNS, DNS server, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Active Directory

Consolidating 6 file servers using virtual servers
We have 6 file servers and 1 Active Directory server and 1 DHCP/DNS server on a 2003 active directory network. How can we consolidate these boxes using virtual servers cheaply and easily?

Answer Question   |  June 13, 2011  7:05 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory 2003, DHCP, DNS server, DNS Server Configuration, Virtual Server, Virtual Servers

ipconfig returns nothing in cmd
I’ve been having latency issues with my ISP. Last month I assigned Google DNS servers. The next day no connection could be made and no result for ipconfig in cmd. I was able to restore my computer to an earlier date and viola, everything was ok. I’ve been experiencing morelatency issues and decided last night [...]

Answer Question   |  July 29, 2011  5:12 PM
DNS, DNS server, DNS Server Configuration, IP Address Allocation, System Restore

Website hosted by third party not opening
Dear All, We have a company Web site eg: www.abc.com .It is hosted outside our network and handling by 3rd party.We have a domain controller ie abc.com We are accesing this website same like google , yahoo etc. We were able to access our company website without any issue. but from past one week we [...]

Answer Question   |  May 18, 2011  11:13 AM
DNS, DNS management, DNS server, Domain Controller

Fault tolerance on a web server
What is the best way to have fault tolerance on our web server? We have a few backup machines all identical that get replicated via scripts every 10 minutes. How cab we automatically fail over to another already configured box if the primary production machine fails? Is this some DNS magic?

Answer Question   |  May 22, 2011  7:41 PM
DNS, DNS server, Fault tolerance, Scripting, Web Server, Web server administration, Web servers

Can’t start exchange 2003 after change dns server add on windows server 2003?
After move to exchange 2003 native mode we change add for dns server in server 2003 with the saame ip as server(before dns server ws add from the server in mix mode).When we change the add we can’t start exchange server

Answer Question   |  April 7, 2011  11:53 AM
DNS server, DNS Server Configuration, Exchange, Exchange 2003, IP address

Why is this computer using secondary dns server instead of primary?
I have a company that is using OpenDNS to filter ceartain web sites. The way I beleive it works is you set the workstations to use a OpenDNS servers. If you no longer wish for them to use OpenDNS filtering, then you use a different DNS server, such as 4.2.2.1. Our domain controller has forwarders [...]

Answer Question   |  April 13, 2011  10:13 PM
DNS, DNS server, OpenDNS, Windows XP

can I specify NS records of an AD DNS zone with non-windows dns servers
can I specify NS records of an AD DNS zone with non-windows dns servers , need the dns server to be the master and slaves hidden and the SOA MNAME is the Windows DNS master for dynamic updates to support AD?

Answer Question   |  March 22, 2011  2:31 PM
Active Directory, DNS management, DNS server, NS record

Setting up DYNDNS with Windows 7
How can I set up DYNDNS with my Windows 7 desktop to automatically update my host name to DNS address?

Answer Question   |  March 17, 2011  7:39 PM
DNS, DNS management, DNS server, DYNDNS, Windows 7, Windows 7 Administration, Windows 7 desktop

The DNS server could not bind a User Datagram Protocol (UDP) socket to 192.168.0.4.
i have two dns servers on our network, (windows server 2003 standard); (a) the dns server1, (has both forward lookup and reverse lookup zones configured), to which all hosts on the network are pointed, this same server has forwarders configured, pointing to our dns server2.  (b) the dns server2 has only reverse lookup zone configured. [...]

Answer Question   |  March 8, 2011  1:38 PM
DNS errors, DNS server, UDP, UDP port, User Datagram Protocol, Windows Server 2003

DNS registration without assigning a primary DNS suffix
can someone help. l have a stand-alone server name server01 and want to dynamically register an A resource record in the ABC.com zone without assigning a primary DNS suffix to the computer ? (Assume the ABC.com zone is configure to accept dynamic updates)

Answer Question   |  March 17, 2011  12:40 AM
DNS Records, DNS registration, DNS server, DNS Suffix, Windows Server 2003