Internet Sharing on Domain

[brittney mangle]

I'm working on a small home network. I have a 2k server set up and
used the installation wizard to do the initial dns AD setup.
Frwd and revrs lookup zones were set to dynamic update.
The revers lookup zone has a pointer towards the servers internel IP.
In forward lookup I added a host name "www" and gave IP of the
server(checked ptr box and said sucessfully created)
In the properties for the frwrd and reverse zones I went to nameserver
tab and entered ns1.domain.net and ns2.domain.net and clicked resolve.
They all resolved to my public IP address. The dns that i registed my
name through has both nameservers pointing to my public IP address.
I'm pretty much stuck at this point.
As far as local configuration. All my nics have to point to my ISP
dns or they wont have interenet(and have domain problems.) If i set
dns address to my servers IP then the domain works better but there is
no internet connection. I'm assuming that I'm supposed to point
everything at the DC IP and somewhere in DNS tell it where my ISPs dns
servers are at? I guess I have 2 main probs. the not being able to
share internet while my computers are pointed at the domain dns, and
not being able to use my dns name remotely. If someone used IE and
types in my public IP address then my website displays. I guess
resolution is my biggest problem here. Any advice would be appreciated
or even if you can direct me to a web site or some documentation that
might assist. I have extensively researched dns on the web and on the
MS site and nothing has given me a clear picture on how to do this.
Thank You
brittney

 

[Danny Sanders]

As far as local configuration. All my nics have to point to my ISP

dns or they wont have interenet(and have domain problems.) If i set
dns address to my servers IP then the domain works better but there is
no internet connection.

Point all AD clients to your AD DNS server ONLY. Point the AD DNS server to
itself for DNS, and configure your AD DNS server to forward requests and
list your ISP's DNS server as the forwarder. To enable the forwarder box you
must first delete the dot "." forward lookup zone that is created by
default.

If someone used IE and

types in my public IP address then my website displays. I guess

You need to have *someone* (your ISP?) set up DNS records that point to your
external IP address when your domain name is requested.

hth
DDS W 2k MVP MCSE

 

[brittney mangle]

Thank you for your good advice, deleting the '.' hint lookup and
forwarding the requests solved the connectionsharing/DNS dilema.

I'm am not 100% clear on what you mean by:

You need to have *someone* (your ISP?) set up DNS records that point to your
external IP address when your domain name is requested.

The register which I went through has my public IP information. They
use this to update the Root servers with the current information.
when a dns query is being made to my Domain. The Root level server
passing the information to the top level domain namespace. This
service has the ip address which I have registred too my domain name.
Does the the request then not get passes straight through to my
router? Does the request get stopped at my ISP. I dont think I have
the type of broadband service which wiould allow me to receive DNS
requests. Most likely they would require business accts for that type
of service. I imagine most cable providers are the same way although
my research on many newsgroups has led me to believe many people do
host their own servers with a simple cable connection. Is there
something i'm missing concept wise. I've been having a difficult time
with all this dns, hopefully i'll grasp these concepts soon. I'm only
in my 4th semester.
thank you much, sorry about lengthy explanations
brittney

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

You don't need to be hosting your own DNS. As Danny suggested, just have
whomever hosts your public DNS set up an A record for your domain that
points to your public IP address. You will need a static IP from your
Internet provider in order to do this.

 

[Danny Sanders]

The register which I went through has my public IP information. They

use this to update the Root servers with the current information.
when a dns query is being made to my Domain. The Root level server
passing the information to the top level domain namespace. This
service has the ip address which I have registred too my domain name.

This sounds like you have had your registrar set up the DNS records that
associate your domain name with your IP address.
Can users connect to your website by typing www.yourdomainname.com ?

DDS