3rd party DNS

[nn]

Hi. I currently have DNS and DHCP service provided by
the ISP. We plan to migrate NT to W2K. From what I
understand, AD relies heavily on DNS. Do you see any
problems with this migration using a 3rd party DNS and
DHCP service?

Thanks for your help.

 

[Herb Martin]

Hi. I currently have DNS and DHCP service provided by
the ISP. We plan to migrate NT to W2K. From what I
understand, AD relies heavily on DNS. Do you see any
problems with this migration using a 3rd party DNS and
DHCP service?

Yes -- you will need to run your own INTERNAL DNS --
this one must be DYNAMIC which is inappropriate for a public
(Internet) DNS server and the ISP wouldn't allow that anyway.

Configure all internal machines to use the INTERNAL, dynamic
DNS only. (Including DCs and DNS servers)

THEN you forward from the internal DNS server to the external
ISP server so that you can still resolve Internet names.

 

[Matjaz Ladava [MVP]]

Well the best thing you could do is to use W2k DNS service, as it contains
all support needed for active directory. But, you can leave your external
DNS servers to your ISP and use your own for internal AD purposes and use
forwarders on internal DNS servers to resolve external domains. For AD you
can use other DNS servers, but they must be Bind 8.2.2+ compatible.

--
Regards

Matjaz Ladava, MCSE (NT4 & 2000), Windows MVP
(e-mail address removed)
http://ladava.com