Reverse Lookup Zone

[JD]

Hi,

I have a couple of questions about reverse lookup zones in Windows 2000 DNS.

I am running DNS on my Windows 2000 server with AD. It works fine but I
checked my reverse lookup zone and it has no records in it other then the
two from when it was created. Should there be a record in there for each
host like there is for the forward lookup zone?

And is it dynamic like the forward lookup zone or do I have to create them?

And when I create the reverse lookup zone it ask's for the IP adress or the
name. Which should I use or does it matter?

Thanks

 

[Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]]

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Hi,

I have a couple of questions about reverse lookup zones
in Windows 2000 DNS.

I am running DNS on my Windows 2000 server with AD. It
works fine but I checked my reverse lookup zone and it
has no records in it other then the two from when it was
created. Should there be a record in there for each host
like there is for the forward lookup zone?

And is it dynamic like the forward lookup zone or do I
have to create them?

And when I create the reverse lookup zone it ask's for
the IP adress or the name. Which should I use or does it
matter?

Thanks

The default behavior of reverse lookup zones is that "Allow dynamic updates"
is set to "No". You can change that on the zone property sheet.

 

[John Coutts]

Hi,
I have a couple of questions about reverse lookup zones in Windows 2000 DNS.
I am running DNS on my Windows 2000 server with AD. It works fine but I
checked my reverse lookup zone and it has no records in it other then the
two from when it was created. Should there be a record in there for each
host like there is for the forward lookup zone?
And is it dynamic like the forward lookup zone or do I have to create them?
And when I create the reverse lookup zone it ask's for the IP adress or the
name. Which should I use or does it matter?
Thanks

************************** REPLY SEPARATER ***************************
Unless authority for the zone has been specifically delegated to you by your
upstream provider, it is quite useless to worry about reverse zones. For
further info, see:

http://server2.yellowhead.com/reverse.htm

J.A. Coutts