After Active Directory setup - Internet connection is lost

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Hi. I'm a newbie and have installed Windows 2000 Server on my standalone
desktop and it's attached to a regular router>dsl modem. I was surfing fine,
but after i setup Active Directory on my server and give it a Domain name
(though i don't have any registered) i lost my internet connection. Any way
to get it back? Thanks much.
 
Moin said:
Hi. I'm a newbie and have installed Windows 2000 Server on my standalone
desktop and it's attached to a regular router>dsl modem. I was surfing
fine,
but after i setup Active Directory on my server and give it a Domain name
(though i don't have any registered)
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Not necessary or even important to register a purely Internal
DNS zone if you don't live in an (internal) DNS tree with a
parent who needs to find you.
i lost my internet connection. Any way
to get it back? Thanks much.
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Setup your DNS server on your new DC to EITHER "recurse the Internet"
or "Forward to your ISP DNS server or (better) your Gateway DNS Server".

There is a reasonably good chance you will find a "." (dot-) zone when you
look in the DNS console under your Server->Forward zones. Then fill in
the forwarder tab if you wish.

You need to DELETE that "." (DOT) zone -- it is only needed by people
who actually create it themselves (which is probably less than 1 in a
million.)

If the DOT zone exists your server will neither forward nor recurse.

Do NOT try to change your Server->NIC->IP properties to include the
external DNS server IF you wish your new domain to work. Even if
it seems to work it will NEVER be RELIABLE.
 
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