DHCP/DNS Domain Name

[Ypink]

I have two Forward DNS zones and I want to distribute them
to my clients. Unfortunatly Windows 2000 DHCP server in
option 15 (DNS Doamin Name) does not have field to enter
second name.

If anybody knows, please help.

Thank You.

 

[David Botham]

I have two Forward DNS zones and I want to distribute them
to my clients. Unfortunatly Windows 2000 DHCP server in
option 15 (DNS Doamin Name) does not have field to enter
second name.

If anybody knows, please help.

A host can have only one Fully Qualified Domain Name. That is to say that a
given host (from its perspective, not from that of other hosts on the
Internet) can have only one name (say lanhost15.example.com).

Now, if you want the DNS client on these computers to use multiple domains
during DNS queries for unqualified domain names (those without dots in them)
then you may want to look into using a Group Policy to drive this behavior.
From the help on XP DNS Advanced Setup:

"Specifies that resolution for unqualified names that are used on this
computer are limited to the domain suffixes listed in Append these DNS
suffixes. When this option is selected, the primary and connection-specific
DNS suffixes are not used for unqualified name resolution. The local setting
is used only if the associated Group Policy is disabled or unspecified.
For example, if you add dev.microsoft.com and test.microsoft.com to the list
of DNS suffixes and type ping xyz at a command prompt, this computer queries
for xyz.dev.microsoft.com and xyz.test.microsoft.com. "



Hope this helps,


Dave...

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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A host can have only one Fully Qualified Domain Name. That is to say
that a given host (from its perspective, not from that of other hosts
on the Internet) can have only one name (say lanhost15.example.com).

That's the machine's Primary DNS Suffix and can have only one. If an AD
machines, this is necessary to be set to the domain name of AD. ALso, the
netlogon services uses this name to register into the same name zone in DNS,
if spelled the same and updates set to at least YES.

Now, if you want the DNS client on these computers to use multiple
domains during DNS queries for unqualified domain names (those
without dots in them) then you may want to look into using a Group
Policy to drive this behavior. From the help on XP DNS Advanced Setup:

"Specifies that resolution for unqualified names that are used on this
computer are limited to the domain suffixes listed in Append these DNS
suffixes. When this option is selected, the primary and
connection-specific DNS suffixes are not used for unqualified name
resolution. The local setting is used only if the associated Group
Policy is disabled or unspecified.
For example, if you add dev.microsoft.com and test.microsoft.com to
the list of DNS suffixes and type ping xyz at a command prompt, this
computer queries for xyz.dev.microsoft.com and
xyz.test.microsoft.com. "

They are the Search Suffixes. As you said, good for searching different
suffixes. Multiple are allowed here.

Hope this helps,


Dave...

What YPink can do is to in the other zone that he wants this machine to be
resolved by is to manually enter the name under that zone, so when queried,
it will respond with that IP.


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Regards,
Ace

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Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory