DNS

How can I setup a DNS server to respond with an IP address when an A record doesn’t exist?

How can I setup Microsoft’s DNS server to respond with an IP address when an ‘A’ record does not exist?For example, let’s say someone goes tosomething.mydomain.combut there’s no ‘A’ record for the subdomain, something.mydomain.com. Is it possible to still have Microsoft’s DNS Server...

View Answer   |  May 6 2008   7:22 PM GMT   |  asked by WinComputingATE
DNS, DNS management, IP address management

A records, mx records sbs 2003 exchange

I was just wondering if these are correct.mail.its-aust.net. 1741 IN A 144.131.55.95its-aust.net. 1741 IN MX 10 mail.its-aust.net.if 144.131.55.95 is my static ip and I point the relevant ports to the ip of the server will the mail get to the sbs exchange server

View Answer   |  May 5 2008   9:47 AM GMT   |  asked by Hawkere77
DNS, SBS, Exchange

DNS setting for my exchange server on Windows Entourage for MAC

I am trying to set up the DNS setting for my exchange server on Windows Entourage for MAC. I cannot get this to migrate and am unsure whether it is the DNS I have got wrong or something else. Are there any problems that you have identified with this migration in the past?

Answer Question   |  Apr 17 2008   3:31 PM GMT   |  asked by ITKE
DNS, Exchange Server, Microsoft Entourage

DNS NS and SOA records in Virtual Hosting Environment

Dear All,We have a dedicated server and I have to set-up a virtual hosting environment where multiple domains will be set-up (with apache, mail servers and the rest) for my clients.Because it is a shared-IP environment all zones will have records that will point to the shared IP.My question is the...

View Answer   |  Apr 14 2008   7:35 AM GMT   |  asked by Angeloio
DNS, Virtual Hosting, NS record

How would you set a forwarder to forward all emails received to 1 external address?

How would you set a forwarder to forward all emails received to 1 external address?Here is the situation:We have a client that is hosting their own email on their Exchange server with pop accounts outside of the HQ building. We will be hosting their mail on our servers under the same domain name....

View Answer   |  Apr 9 2008   3:34 PM GMT   |  asked by ITKE
Exchange Server, Email, DNS

Not able to resolve some web site domain names

Hi,DNS is not resolving for some reason. We are not able to resolve some domains on the internet. It is very irregular. Mostly any site can be resolved. For example, sun.com will return 'page cannot be displayed', but go to a site never entered before, like cbsnews.com and the site pops up no...

View Answer   |  Apr 3 2008   7:40 PM GMT   |  asked by Vdinenna
DNS, DNS management

How to build a domain

I'm trying to build a domain.I would like to confirm the order of steps to sucessfully accomplish this task. Such as build a domain controller first, DNS then Exchange 2003 server. The os for the servers are all Windows Server 2003. Any help would be appreciated.

View Answer   |  Apr 2 2008   1:42 PM GMT   |  asked by -Joe-
Domain, DNS, Exchange 2003

Home network

I have a quick question where can I go to read up on how to build a home network? I mean I have the infrastructure in place I want to try my hand at using DNS and all that other stuff.

View Answer   |  Mar 28 2008   8:44 PM GMT   |  asked by Gurowar
Windows XP, Home networks, DNS

Migration of child domains from one Active Directory forest to a different Active Directory forest

I have been given a project to migrate one child domain abc in a forest called group.local (abc.group.local) to another child domain in completely different forest call xyz.group.local. Since the forest roots of both forests are the same I cannot easily get DNS to resolve in order to create a...

View Answer   |  Mar 25 2008   1:58 PM GMT   |  asked by WinIT ATE
Active Directory, Active Directory migration, Child domain

I have an existing domain controller with Active Directory integrated DNS installed but in has to be decommissioned as the hardware is not supported.

I have an existing domain controller with active directory integrated dns installed but in has to be decommissioned as the hardware is not supported..All workstations and servers have the ip of this server as the primary dns. I have built another dc with ad integrated dns on it. As I don't want to...

View Answer   |  Mar 21 2008   3:48 PM GMT   |  asked by WinIT ATE
Domain controller, Active Directory, DNS

Active Directory domain controller running DNS server on Windows Server 2003 question

I have an active directory domain controller running DNS server on win 2003 server. I want to change my address schema so i need to change ip address for this server. What do i need to do with DNS SOA and NS records and A records. Can i just change server ip address or what

View Answer   |  Mar 21 2008   3:41 PM GMT   |  asked by WinIT ATE
Active Directory, Domain controller, DNS

What happens when the DNS names exceed the maximum UDP packet size?

A DNS uses UDP packet to resolve IP addresses. What happens when the DNS names to be looked up exceeds 576 bytes (the maximum UDP packet size)? Can it be sent in two packets?

View Answer   |  Mar 12 2008   8:51 PM GMT   |  asked by NetworkingATE
Network diagnostics and measurements, DNS, UDP

Computer account not added to DNS record

From what I've read, when a Windows DNS client dynamically creates a DNS record for itself, its AD computer account is granted "Write" access to its DNS record, allowing the client to dynamically update it's record in the future. For some reason in our environment several servers' host records are...

View Answer   |  Mar 6 2008   4:22 PM GMT   |  asked by Nickmanderson
DNS, Event ID, ACL

DNS Implementation

Hello Sir,I am a MCSE Student, i am trying to install Active Directoy on my Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Server, with the command "DCPROMO" within the INstallation i am asked to setup that " Install and Configure the DNS on this server and et this computer to use this DNS Server as its preffered...

View Answer   |  Feb 27 2008   6:30 PM GMT   |  asked by Nabster
DNS, Windows Server 2003, Active Directory

Can DNS be implemented in-house without connecting to the Internet?

Can DNS be implemented in-house without connecting to the Internet?

View Answer   |  Feb 24 2008   5:55 AM GMT   |  asked by TechDJ30
DNS config hosting, DNS, Network

How to Setup an Enterprise Network on Windows Environment???

I wanted to learn how to manage an Enterprise Network. Can I please get a Step by step instruction on how to setup an Enterprise Network on Windows considering Active Directories Sites and Services and DNS Sites and how to start and build this Enterprise Network so I can learn how to manage it? ...

View Answer   |  Feb 18 2008   5:36 AM GMT   |  asked by 24
DNS, Active Directory, Network design

Specific site access issues with Java Runtime 6 through proxy

I am a contractor new to this particular company. One of the departments in my production environment requires JRE to access a specific financial website through our proxy server. With 17 of 19 clients (WinXP SP2 fully patched), access is OK - no issues. With 2 of 19, the financial website...

View Answer   |  Feb 6 2008   2:35 PM GMT   |  asked by Pressler2904
Java, Desktops, Proxy servers

Active Directory Migration issue

I need to migrate users from a child domain in one forest to a child domain in a second forest. The issue is that the forest root domains are named identically. For sake of simplicity lets call the source domain xyz.group.local and the target domain abc.group.local. I created a WINS relationship...

View Answer   |  Jan 22 2008   3:08 PM GMT   |  asked by Rayz
Active Directory migration, DNS, WINS

I want to Install a web server and register DNS

Hi,I am going to deploy MS Web server in my organization, I want to perches a new server for web server and Internet connection. Please guide me which server and Internet connection are recommended now days?

View Answer   |  Jan 21 2008   2:08 PM GMT   |  asked by Aahad81
Web, IIS, DNS

Will changing DNS stop email from working?

If I change our company's DNS to a different host, will it keep our email from working? I am unsure of how MX handling works, but right now we are routing our email through postini (anti-spam service) and then its being sent to our domain. I would think that changing the DNS would only mess with...

View Answer   |  Jan 4 2008   5:28 PM GMT   |  asked by ITsHere
Email, Networking, DNS