Getting to WebSite without using WWW

[Marvin Miller]

Hi Folks;

I'm using Windows 2000 and DNS. Everything is fine but I'd like to have web
users be able to access my site without having to type in WWW. IE;

microsoft.com

takes you to the Microsoft website.

I've done this before and for some reason I _always_ forget how. If someone
could tell me what record I need to create I'd appreciate it!

Thanks;
Marvin

 

[Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]]

Hi Folks;

I'm using Windows 2000 and DNS. Everything is fine but I'd like to
have web users be able to access my site without having to type in
WWW. IE;

microsoft.com

takes you to the Microsoft website.

I've done this before and for some reason I _always_ forget how. If
someone could tell me what record I need to create I'd appreciate it!

You need to add a new host leaving the name field blank.
That said, if the domain is also the name of your Active Directoy domain,
all Domain Controllers will register these records by default and you should
not modify this behavior. It is this record that resolves the DFS Logon
Shares, \\ADDNSDomain\SYSVOL and \\ADDNSDomain\NETLOGON

 

[Marvin Miller]

Thanks Kevin - that cased it for me!

Best;
Marvin