Accessing intranet DNS domain outside

[Guest]

Im a newbie dealing with Server configuration stuff, im programming in C# and
i have some problems using the DNS service because i have a laptop that it's
not a domain member and it's unable to translate a name>ip address, when all
the domain members computer can access it. What i can do to access that DNS
server without joining to the domain which the DNS belongs to?

 

[Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]]

Im a newbie dealing with Server configuration stuff, im programming
in C# and i have some problems using the DNS service because i have a
laptop that it's not a domain member and it's unable to translate a
name>ip address, when all the domain members computer can access it.
What i can do to access that DNS server without joining to the domain
which the DNS belongs to?

You don't have to join the domain to use the local DNS server. DNS needs no
access permissions to read from its database. Just put the local DNS
server's address in TCP/IP properties.

 

[Herb Martin]

Im a newbie dealing with Server configuration stuff, im programming in C#
and
i have some problems using the DNS service because i have a laptop that
it's
not a domain member and it's unable to translate a name>ip address, when
all
the domain members computer can access it. What i can do to access that
DNS
server without joining to the domain which the DNS belongs to?

Just point your client (laptop) NIC->IP properties to the proper
DNS server.

DNS requests do NOT require authentication nor domain membership.

If you want RELIABLE access to those internal resources the
use SOLELY the INTERNAL DNS server -- do NOT mix in the
external (e.g., ISP) DNS server.

There is no reliable way to determine which will be used if you
mixed them on the NIC settings.

The INTERNAL DNS server must be configured to resolve
external addresses for all of your clients to resolve the Internet
addresses.

 

[Guest]

Sure its done, i have already set the DNS in the TCP/IP propeties as in any
computer. But its not working, that's why im asking why the domain member
terminals can query and the non-member not?

 

[Herb Martin]

Sure its done, i have already set the DNS in the TCP/IP propeties as in
any
computer.

Saying "as any other computer" isn't very encouraging.

There are ways to do that wrong.

But its not working, that's why im asking why the domain member
terminals can query and the non-member not?

"It's not working" isn't something we can fix; be very specific:

What happens when you use NSlookup?

nslookup InternalName
nslookup InternalName IP.Address.InternalDNS

Show us your "IPConfig /all" results from the problem
machine....(save the text to file and paste that into a
message -- do NOT retype it, and do not use a graphic.)

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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Im a newbie dealing with Server configuration stuff, im programming
in C# and i have some problems using the DNS service because i have a
laptop that it's not a domain member and it's unable to translate a
name>ip address, when all the domain members computer can access it.
What i can do to access that DNS server without joining to the domain
which the DNS belongs to?

In addition to the others suggestions (which I would like to see an unedited
ipconfig /all as well), how did you determine that it's not able to
translate a name to IP address? What tool did you use to determine that? Was
it ping, nslookup or a browser?

How were you accessing it too? Did you use a single name (the singleName or
NetBIOS name of the machine), or the FQDN (serverName.domainName.com) qthe
tool you used? The suffix would have a factor here too with single names.

That is one reason to see an ipconfig /all. If your machine doesn't have a
suffix for the internal company's zone name and you are trying singleName,
then I can see why it "won't work", if that's what you mean by "it's not
working".

If you can elaborate and provide that info, it will be extermely helpful.


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Ace Fekay, MCSE 2003 & 2000, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSE+I, MCT, MVP
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