Conditional forwarding on Win2k DNS

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Paul

I'm wanting to set up a conditional forwarder on my Win2k
DNS server, but when I go to the forwarder tab, it has a
messaging saying: "conditional forwarding is not
available because this server is a downlevel server" and
I can't add a domain.
I can't find any explanation as to what this means, and
if there is a way I can resolve it.
Does anyone else know?

Thanks.
 
Paul said:
I'm wanting to set up a conditional forwarder on my Win2k
DNS server, but when I go to the forwarder tab, it has a
messaging saying: "conditional forwarding is not
available because this server is a downlevel server" and
I can't add a domain.
I can't find any explanation as to what this means, and
if there is a way I can resolve it.
Does anyone else know?
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Yes, Win2000 does NOT support conditional forwarding, only "all or nothing".

Win2003 DNS does support conditional forwarding.

Perhaps you can forward to a Win2003, and let it make the decision.
 
P> I'm wanting to set up a conditional forwarder on my Win2k
P> DNS server, but when I go to the forwarder tab, it has a
P> messaging saying: "conditional forwarding is not
P> available because this server is a downlevel server" and
P> I can't add a domain.
P> I can't find any explanation as to what this means, [...]

It means that you are using a Microsoft Windows NT 2003 management tool to
talk to a Microsoft Windows NT 2000 DNS server. The tool provides user
interface controls for functions that the server simply does not have.
 
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