Dns help

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Dean

I have two Win 2000 Adv Servers, I would like to set up one of the servers
for Internal (intranet DNS Resolution) and the other I would like to
(Internet DNS Resolution), could someone inform me if this is possible and
how?

Not being a Microsoft Engineer I do not have this knowledge, but I am pretty
good otherwise. :)

Any help would be great.... Thanks in advance.
 
Dean said:
I have two Win 2000 Adv Servers, I would like to set up one of the servers
for Internal (intranet DNS Resolution) and the other I would like to
(Internet DNS Resolution), could someone inform me if this is possible and
how?

Not being a Microsoft Engineer I do not have this knowledge, but I am pretty
good otherwise. :)

Any help would be great.... Thanks in advance.
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Not a good strategy. A W2K DNS server can be configured to support both
internal and external name resolution. It does this by supporting a standard
that has been in existance since DNS first appeared on ARPANET.
Understanding how DNS works is critical in W2K.

When you first configure a primary DNS server, it beleives its the authority
for the global namespace. Thats why it has a root zone present depicted by a
".". Essentially, that DNS server needs not consult any other DNS server
because it beleives its the ultimate authority.

Once you remove the root zone and configure the forwarders, a DNS server can
resolve both a private namespace as well as "forward" queries up the DNS
hierarchy (through an ISP's DNS server). Such a configuration allows all the
private scope clients to efficiently resolve private names and delegates the
DNS server to query on behalf of a client for any external names. This way
the clients only uses your private DNS server's ipaddress to resolve.

http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/q291/3/82.asp

Get a copy of the MS white-paper on DNS while you are at it. If any
questions surface, feel free to ask here.
 
Thank you for your fast reply and great help, I will get the whitepaper and
look over it, again, thank you..
 
Dean said:
Thank you for your fast reply and great help, I will get the whitepaper and
look over it, again, thank you..
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Your quite welcome. Once you read the whitepaper you'll understand why W2K
was designed the way it was. To get rid of netbios name resolution.
 
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