DNS and own domain

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Neil Jarman

Hi,

I have used our external domain name as our internal one.

the upshot of this is that users cannot view our website from within the
domain.

How can I configure DNS to correct this?

many thanks,

NEIL
 
You won't be able to access the website using just the domain name. As a
workaround you could add a host record to your internal dns domain and then
your users could use that host name. For example, if you do not have a
host record for www in your internal DNS domain then you could add www as a
host record with the IP of the external website. Then your users could go
to www. yourdomain.com instead of yourdomain.com. The other alternative
would be to rename your domain which would require a migration if you are
running Windows 2000 or you could rename with Windows Server 2003 if you
meet the requirements.

Best regards,

Frank Szita [MSFT]

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Hi Frank,

I'm not sure what you mean, as I wasn't typing xyz.com, but the whole
www.xyz.com anyway.

The point is that www.xyz.com will not go to the website since the local
domain is called xyz.com.

Do you mean I should enter the entire www.xyz.com into DNS?

If so, how do I do this?

CHeers,

NEIL
 
If you have been typing in www.xyz.com then that means you have a www host
(A) record in the xyz.com domain. You could change the www host record to
point to the external website but if www has to be used to go to an
internal website then you could add another host record and point to the
external website. For instance, in the xyz.com domain add www2 host record
and point to the external website. You internal clients would have to go
to www2.xyz.com to access the external website.

Best regards,

Frank Szita [MSFT]

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"Frank Szita [MSFT]" said:
If you have been typing in www.xyz.com then that means you have a www host
(A) record in the xyz.com domain. You could change the www host record to
point to the external website but if www has to be used to go to an
internal website then you could add another host record and point to the
external website. For instance, in the xyz.com domain add www2 host record
and point to the external website. You internal clients would have to go
to www2.xyz.com to access the external website.

Best regards,

Frank Szita [MSFT]
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Hi Frank,

I'm not following this, but I suspect it's because this server's DNS is not
configured properly.

Looking at the tree in Computer Management, I have the following:

DNS
-> AB1
-->Forward Lookup Zones (folder)
---> xyz.co.uk (folder)
----> (same as parent) - Start of Authority - [1], ab1.ab.xyz.co.uk (text
icon)
----> (same as parent) - Name Server - ab1.ab.xyz.co.uk (text icon)
----> ab (folder)
-----> ab1 - Host - 192.168.1.1 (text icon)
---->ab.xyz.co.uk (folder)
----> (same as parent) - Start of Authority - [20], ab1.ab.xyz.co.uk (text
icon)
----> (same as parent) - Name Server - ab1.ab.xyz.co.uk (text icon)
----> ** list of IPs addresses for local machines, starting with server **

And that's it - I'm sure that in other systems I have seen more than just
hese entries, but don't know what's missing or why.

I realise this is complex, but would be greatful if you can cast an eye over
it. I've been very specific with replicating the structure using '-' as
levels of indentation.


Cheers,

NEIL
 
In the xyz.co.uk folder add a host record called www and point it to the ip
address of the external website
Best regards,

Frank Szita [MSFT]

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