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 the site name, www.company.org, and...

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...

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....

reverse dns

why does my reverse dns show no host Software/Hardware used: xp

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.

.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.

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 Software/Hardware used: Windows

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?

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 Software/Hardware used: software

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 exchange was...

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?

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...

MMC console on Windows Server 2003

How can we create an MMCconsole on Windows Server 2003 to display Active Directory, DNS and DHCP in the same console window which we can distribute to the it group?

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...

DNS lookup failed with wireless repeater

so iv had this problem with two wireless repeaters now. when im connected to just the router, i am able to access the internet. however when i plug in and set up the wireless repeater ( the latest one is a amped wireless sr300) it works for a few min and then i get a "DNS lookup failed" when trying...

Only external networks can access our website

We recently set up our It infrasturcture and we found out that employees cannot acces our company's website internally but external networks can. It is baffling. Please what should i be looking at? I have no firewall.  Software/Hardware used: router,switch

Branded URL redirects are mirroring the website. Is this managed in the DNS or by the website host?

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...

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?

How to Join MySQL database box to a Windows Server 2008 DNS

How do I add a Mysql database server to my win 2008 r2 domain. Firstly do I install the Mysql on another Win 2008 box then join to DNS. I also need to add a Apache web server which will be in the DMZ. I need to install the following, MySql database on a seperate server from my DNS server then join...