DNS issues
Can I own a domain name indefinitely?

Answer Question   |  February 28, 2013  10:33 PM
DNS, domain names

Windows 2k3 DNS sometimes does not resolve domain properly.
I have a rather vague problem. Sometimes, seemingly at random, certain websites become unreachable. Big sites, like Spotify and Facebook spring to mind. When i restart the DNS server on the Domainconoller they “come back up”. Or, more accurately put are resolved correctly. What could be the problem? I went searching for this on Technet [...]

Answer Question   |  October 31, 2012  4:12 PM
DNS, Windows 2003 Domain Controller, Windows Server 2003

Problem after installing SP1 on Win 2003 SBS
Hi,this weekend i updated the server with sp1 and know i am having problems with the client computers and users when trying to log on the domain. It looks like an DNS problem but i am not sure. I run the DCdiag /test:DNS utility with this results. C:WINDOWSServicePackFilesi386>dcdiag /test:DNS Domain Controller Diagnosis Performing initial setup: [...]

Answer Question   |  October 22, 2012  12:20 PM
DNS, Domain Controller, Logon failure, Small Business Server 2003, Windows Small Business Server 2003

Strange DNS resolution.
Hello. This week one of our AS400 got me all surprised. I do not know what to do, where to look, so I would like to ask here…just in case. On this AS400, among others there are four host table entries. These entries are set to 2.xxx.xxx.xxx addresses. The DNS has 9.xxx.xxx.xxx addresses. Customer does [...]

Answer Question   |  October 11, 2012  4:55 PM
AS/400, DNS, Host table, PTF, TCP/IP

diff between adc and cdc
let me know about the differences between additional domain server and child domain server…

Answer Question   |  September 28, 2012  7:32 AM
DNS

How to add Mulitple DNS Suffix
I need to add more than one DNS suffix in (CFGTCP+12) Domain name filed…but it looks,i can only add one suffix…does anybody has any idea in overcoming this limit? Thanks

Answer Question   |  August 20, 2012  10:41 AM
AS400 Command, CFGTCP, DNS, iSeries, Network

DNS IP addresses Disappears
This is a new one for me. A customer reboots their system and is unable to access the domain. So we try to reconnect it to the domain thinking it fell off, but it does not work. Upon further investigation, I check the network settings and both the DNS static IP’s are missing, strange. I [...]

Answer Question   |  April 13, 2012  1:22 PM
DNS, Windows networking

DNS Name server IPV6
Hi, I have two questions 1)Can the same dns server resolve the same dns entry for an IPv4 nad ipv6 address 2)i have a ns record for “www” which points to an ipv4 address. Now if i create a quad a record i.e(AAAA)for an ipv6 address, it gets created without an error but i can’t [...]

Answer Question   |  February 27, 2012  12:29 PM
DNS, DNS Records, IPv6, IPv6 on Windows networks

Access web site located in DMZ
I am trying to setup DNS to point to a web server setup behind our firewall in a DMZ. The web site can be accessed internally by typing in the IP address or from external (not on our network) PCs. I would like to setup a DNS record so users on network can type in [...]

Answer Question   |  March 6, 2012  7:10 PM
DNS, DNS configuration, DNS Records

What domain name do you use for your DNS servers?
What domain name do you use when you configure a Windows DNS server. I’ve always set them up with something like this: comapanyname.local But I was reading some Microsoft documentation, and it said you need to use a sub-domain of a registered domain name. For instance, if you have the domain name companyname.com registered, when [...]

Answer Question   |  March 6, 2012  3:01 AM
DNS, Networking, Server administration

DNS forwarding working but website not opening in browser
Hi all, I have enabled forwarding on my dns servers. The DNS servers are successfully forwarding all the queries to an ISP server. When i use nslookup on the clients workstation, it is resolving all the sites but the websites are not opening on my browser. I can’t understand what is the problem. Please help [...]

Answer Question   |  November 25, 2011  6:07 AM
DNS

reverse dns
why does my reverse dns show no host

Answer Question   |  November 7, 2011  11:04 PM
DNS

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

.it rules on foreign ownership and redirection for this domain
I’m looking to setup a redirect service using a .it url. What are the rules regarding .it and is it possible to run a straight redirection service on it.

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  7:40 AM
DNS, Domain Administration

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

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  8:58 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory 2008, Active Directory DNS setup, DNS

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

How can I block websites in local DNS
Hi.. My company have local dns server here i want to block some sites in local DNS only for all clients pc… How can i do this quckly… PLZ help me Thanks in advance. Regards Hira Chilwal

Answer Question   |  May 21, 2012  1:16 PM
DNS, DNS configuration, Local DNS

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

outlook mail routing – smarthost problem
I am having trouble getting mail from an organization that used a smarthost for our group.  I switched from exchange to web based and all other mail seems to be going through our hosts servers/dns but this org. keeps hitting the old exchange server.  There IT said they removed the smarthost but problem still exists [...]

Answer Question   |  June 24, 2011  5:55 PM
DNS, Exchange, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2003 contacts, Smart Hosts