resolve to website and not the domain controller

[Marcos]

How do I configure a windows 2000 server using active
directory to allow us to go to their web site, e.g,
www.compnayname.com (while working on their LAN)? The
problem I have is this: the other computer people who
initially set this up, configured the windows 2000 active
directory domain to "companyname.com", e.g
server1.compnayname.com. When trying to resolve to the
website on any 2000/XP PC, it tries to resolve back to the
domain controller rather than the company website because
this is what our DNS is pointing to. When I am trying to
resolve www.companyname.com from within the LAN, it points
back to the domain controller. From my office I can open
Internet Explorer, enter www.companyname.com and the page
comes up. Please advise.

 

[J]

-----Original Message-----
How do I configure a windows 2000 server using active
directory to allow us to go to their web site, e.g,
www.compnayname.com (while working on their LAN)? The
problem I have is this: the other computer people who
initially set this up, configured the windows 2000 active
directory domain to "companyname.com", e.g
server1.compnayname.com. When trying to resolve to the
website on any 2000/XP PC, it tries to resolve back to the
domain controller rather than the company website because
this is what our DNS is pointing to. When I am trying to
resolve www.companyname.com from within the LAN, it points
back to the domain controller. From my office I can open
Internet Explorer, enter www.companyname.com and the page
comes up. Please advise.


.
I believe if you create a new record in the internal dns

called www and point it to the ip of the webserver, it
should resolve.

J

 

[Matjaz Ladava [MVP]]

You must just enter a www record into your internal DNS server zone
companyname.com to your ISP's or to whoever is hosting your web page. This
will resolve www.companyname.com to external IP address. I assume you are
using only internal DNS server for name resolution and forwarders for
external domain resolution.

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Regards

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