DNS and internet...

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William Stacey

On your DNS server, you need to add a forwarder entry to your ISP's DNS
server IP and/or use root-hints. This will allow your DNS server to resolve
external domain names.
 
I have this problem with DNS on my server. On the client
machines, if I place the servers ip address, as the first
dns server, clients can log in and use mapped drives and
our database just fine, BUT they cnnot surf the web. If I
place the ip for our ISP first, they can surf the web, but
not connect to the server....why is that?


thanks

james
 
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James said:
I have this problem with DNS on my server. On the client
machines, if I place the servers ip address, as the first
dns server, clients can log in and use mapped drives and
our database just fine, BUT they cnnot surf the web. If I
place the ip for our ISP first, they can surf the web, but
not connect to the server....why is that?


thanks

james
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You should NOT use the ISP's DNS in any posistion, on any machine in an AD
domain, remove that. Your internal DNS probably has a "." forward lookup
zone, if you delete that zone then it will resolve internet names. You can
enable a forwarder to your ISP's DNS on the forwarders tab.
300202 - HOW TO: Configure DNS for Internet Access in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=300202&FR=1
 
The "enable forwarder" is greyed out, and it
says "forwaders are not available because this is a root
server"

james
 
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Then Kevin replied below:
The "enable forwarder" is greyed out, and it
says "forwaders are not available because this is a root
server"
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Delete the "." forward lookup zone as per my previous post.
 
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ML.net said:
Make sure you restart DNS otherwise it is still grayed out.

ML.net
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Actually all you need to do is refresh the DNS console, as the article I
posted states.
 
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ML.net said:
Make sure you restart DNS otherwise it is still grayed out.

ML.net
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No need to restart DNS or the system.

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Ace

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Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory
 
I have this problem with DNS on my server. On the client
machines, if I place the servers ip address, as the first
dns server, clients can log in and use mapped drives and
our database just fine, BUT they cnnot surf the web. If I
place the ip for our ISP first, they can surf the web, but
not connect to the server....why is that?
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Because you're using DNS incorrectly. :)

You should only have your DNS in the client settings, and set your DNS
to forward unanswered queries to your ISP.

Jeff
 
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