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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
DNS, Active Directory, Child Domain
asked by WinIT ATE

  110 pts.

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
DNS, Active Directory, Domain Controller
asked by WinIT ATE

  110 pts.

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
DNS, Active Directory, Windows Server 2003
asked by WinIT ATE

  110 pts.

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
DNS, UDP, Internet protocol addresses
asked by NetworkingATE

  1405 pts.

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
DNS, ACL, Event ID
asked by Nickmanderson

  55 pts.

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
DNS, Active Directory, Windows Server 2003
asked by Nabster

  15 pts.

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
DNS, Network, DNS config hosting
asked by TechDJ30

  25 pts.

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
DNS, Active Directory, Network design
asked by 24

  10 pts.

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
DNS, Java, Desktops
asked by Pressler2904

  2165 pts.

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
DNS, Active Directory, WINS
asked by Rayz

  5 pts.

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
DNS, Web, IIS
asked by Aahad81

  10 pts.

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...

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

  110 pts.

Active Directory access through DNS via the Interenet

I would like to configure Active Directory so that it is accessible through a DNS via the Internet. Particularly I would like to access URLs available on the Intranet through the Internet, as in the case of MS OWA. Is this possible?

View Answer   |  Jan 2 2008  3:12 PM GMT
DNS, Active Directory
asked by 123456

  250 pts.

DNS Protocol

In the DNS protocol, an application that accepts either a dotted-decimal IP address or a hostname should assume the former, and if that fails, then assume a hostname. What happens if the order of the tests is reversed?

View Answer   |  Jan 2 2008  3:00 PM GMT
DNS, Network security
asked by JimmyIT

  1260 pts.

window server 2003

in win 2003 domain controller it is recommeded that the DNS shud b its own IP address,so where i should put the ip of ISP.

View Answer   |  Dec 30 2007  9:31 AM GMT
DNS, Windows Server 2003, Domain Controller
asked by 456321

  50 pts.

Setting up a home based website

I was wondering if anyone had instructions on configuring the nameservers if I am running a server from home. My website is available port 80 with apache tomcat and i have a mysql database setup. Now that I bought the domain names I need to configure the nameservers so that when a request is made...

View Answer   |  Dec 20 2007  11:02 PM GMT
DNS, Nameservers
asked by N1nja56

  5 pts.

Dropping DNS Entries

Hi. We run a Windows 2000 domain. All of a sudden, DNS entries are dropping like flies. We increased our scavening times, but this has not helped. We checked our logs, but could not find anything significant. Any suggestions on a tool to use or something else we can monitor? Thanks!

View Answer   |  Dec 14 2007  3:09 PM GMT
DNS, Active Directory, Microsoft Windows 2000
asked by Lmssadler

  5 pts.

DNS server resolves 2 port card incorrectly

We recently installed a new partition with a 2 port ethernet card. Each port has its own IP address and connections through the network work fine. The problem is that both ports are known to the DNS servers by the one system name so when a DNS name lookup occurs, some users are directed to one...

View Answer   |  Dec 13 2007  7:50 AM GMT
DNS, Network Interface Cards, IP addressing
asked by Mike.Butler

  40 pts.

Group Policy problems

Hi all, I have a server 2003 which works as a file and backup server and DNS for about 30 computers. for some reason i have lost all privileges. when i try to share a folder for a specific user. I cannot, in the location to search for users it doesnt show my DC it only shows my local computer. also...

View Answer   |  Dec 6 2007  6:24 AM GMT
DNS, Windows Server 2003, GPO
asked by STV

  5 pts.

Requesting Help with Network Connection Problems (W2k3 R2)

I have a 30-user average office network running on a Windows Server 2003 R2 server. The server is running AD, DNS, DHCP and WINS on a single box running as the domain controller. (In the future I plan to add a second domain controller to reduce the number of single points of failure.) This is a...

View Answer   |  Dec 2 2007  4:18 PM GMT
DNS, Windows Server 2003, Network
asked by Peaceman

  5 pts.

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