How to setup DDNS in Windows 2000 server withou Active Directory?

[Guest]

I'm trying to figure out why DDNS is not working in my LAN which is a Windows NT domain.

The DNS and DHCP are in a Windows 2000 Server which has the following configuration:

Full Computer Name: test.XXXX
Domain: XXXX

This is from the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties of the server "test":

Use the following IP address
- IP address: 192.168.1.16
- Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
- Default gateway: 192.168.1.1

Use the following DNS server addresses:
- Preferred DNS server: 192.168.1.16
- Alternate DNS server: 192.168.1.16

This is from DNS tab of Advanced TCP/IP Settings of the server "test":

DNS server addresses, in order of use:

192.168.1.16
192.168.1.16

Append these DNS suffixes (in order):

XXXX.com

Register this connection's addresses in DNS

This is from the General tab of the zone XXXX.com in Forward Lookup Zones on the server "test":

Type: Primary
Allow dynamic updates?: Yes for the zone type Primary

This is from the Name Server tab of the zone XXXX.com under Forward Lookup Zone:

test. 192.168.1.16
test.XXXX 192.168.1.16

This is form the right hand panel of the DNS for the zone XXXX.com under Forward Lookup Zone:

Name Type Data
same as parent folder NS test.
same as parent folder NS test.xxxx.
same as parent folder SOA test.xxxx.
dns A 192.168.1.16

This is from the right hand panel of the DNS for the 1.168.192.in-addr.arpa under Reverse Lookup Zones:

Name Type Data
same as parent folder NS test.
same as parent folder NS test.xxxx.
same as parent folder NS dns.xxxx.com
same as parent folder SOA test.xxxx.
16 PTR dns.xxxx.com

I have checked that the Windows 2000 DHCP Server has enabled the options:

- Automatically update DHCP client information in DNS
- Enable updates for DNS clients that do not support dynamic updates

On a Windows 2000 client machine:

Full Computer Name: peterw2k.
Domain: XXXX

General tab
- Obtain an IP address automatically
- Obtain DNS server address automatically

IP Settings tab
- DHCP Enabled inside the IP addresses
- nothing inside the Default gateways

DNS tab
- nothing inside the DNS server addresses
- Append primary and connection specific DNS suffixes
- Append parent suffixes of the primary DNS suffix
- Register this connection's addresses in DNS


Thank you for any help.

 

[Steven Umbach]

See the following link for a good overview of configuring ddns and tips on
troubleshooting. Also check your dhcp scope options, particularly option 15 for
domain name. --- Steve

http://www.ad.uiuc.edu/ddns.htm

 

[Guest]

Hi Steven,

Thank you for the link. I have already found that article and I have tried to follow the instructions how to configure DHCP, DNS and the DHCP client.

Scope Options have both 006 and 015 and they have the correct ip address and domain name.

Note: Server Options have nothing setup.

After I run ipconfig /registerdns on the client, I have checked the client's event viewer and the DNS Server event viewer but don't find any error. Which event viewer I suppose to check?

Thank you,

Peter

 

[Steven L Umbach]

Hi Peter.

I can't think of much else as I have not tired ddns on a stand alone dns server -
always in a domain. One thing I would check for though is that their is a host A
record of the dns server itseld in the dns zone you created. I would also suggest you
post in the win2000.dns newsgroup - lot of very helpful people over there and the
newsgroup focuses on dns specific issues. --- Steve

Hi Steven,

Thank you for the link. I have already found that article and I have tried to

follow the instructions how to configure DHCP, DNS and the DHCP client.

Scope Options have both 006 and 015 and they have the correct ip address and domain name.

Note: Server Options have nothing setup.

After I run ipconfig /registerdns on the client, I have checked the client's event

viewer and the DNS Server event viewer but don't find any error. Which event viewer
I suppose to check?