DNS and internet...

[William Stacey]

On your DNS server, you need to add a forwarder entry to your ISP's DNS
server IP and/or use root-hints. This will allow your DNS server to resolve
external domain names.

 

[James]

I have this problem with DNS on my server. On the client
machines, if I place the servers ip address, as the first
dns server, clients can log in and use mapped drives and
our database just fine, BUT they cnnot surf the web. If I
place the ip for our ISP first, they can surf the web, but
not connect to the server....why is that?


thanks

james

 

[Kevin D. Goodknecht [MVP]]

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I have this problem with DNS on my server. On the client
machines, if I place the servers ip address, as the first
dns server, clients can log in and use mapped drives and
our database just fine, BUT they cnnot surf the web. If I
place the ip for our ISP first, they can surf the web, but
not connect to the server....why is that?


thanks

james

You should NOT use the ISP's DNS in any posistion, on any machine in an AD
domain, remove that. Your internal DNS probably has a "." forward lookup
zone, if you delete that zone then it will resolve internet names. You can
enable a forwarder to your ISP's DNS on the forwarders tab.
300202 - HOW TO: Configure DNS for Internet Access in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=300202&FR=1

 

[Guest]

Thank you very much, will try tonight after 5pm.

Sincerely,

James Dicken

 

[Guest]

The "enable forwarder" is greyed out, and it
says "forwaders are not available because this is a root
server"

james

 

[Kevin D. Goodknecht [MVP]]

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posted a question
Then Kevin replied below:

The "enable forwarder" is greyed out, and it
says "forwaders are not available because this is a root
server"

Delete the "." forward lookup zone as per my previous post.

 

[ML.net]

Make sure you restart DNS otherwise it is still grayed out.

ML.net

 

[Kevin D. Goodknecht [MVP]]

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Make sure you restart DNS otherwise it is still grayed out.

ML.net

Actually all you need to do is refresh the DNS console, as the article I
posted states.

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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Make sure you restart DNS otherwise it is still grayed out.

ML.net

No need to restart DNS or the system.

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Regards,
Ace

Please direct all replies to the newsgroup so all can benefit.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties.

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

 

[Jeff Cochran]

I have this problem with DNS on my server. On the client
machines, if I place the servers ip address, as the first
dns server, clients can log in and use mapped drives and
our database just fine, BUT they cnnot surf the web. If I
place the ip for our ISP first, they can surf the web, but
not connect to the server....why is that?

Because you're using DNS incorrectly.

You should only have your DNS in the client settings, and set your DNS
to forward unanswered queries to your ISP.

Jeff

 

[Jonathan de Boyne Pollard]

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