DNS setup problem

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Nick

Hi all

I have just built a new Win2k server as a Primary domain
controller in a brand new domain environment...
My DNS skills seem to be lacking..
The new servers IP is 10.0.0.200

From the server cmd prompt i type nslookup
and the response is ***can't find server name for address
10.0.0.200: Non-existent domain

It then defaults to this IP and lists it as an unknown
server, but it still will resolve any names that are in
the host list..

How do i get this server name to appear?

Thanks in advance

Nick
 
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Nick said:
Hi all

I have just built a new Win2k server as a Primary domain
controller in a brand new domain environment...
My DNS skills seem to be lacking..
The new servers IP is 10.0.0.200

From the server cmd prompt i type nslookup
and the response is ***can't find server name for address
10.0.0.200: Non-existent domain

It then defaults to this IP and lists it as an unknown
server, but it still will resolve any names that are in
the host list..

How do i get this server name to appear?

Thanks in advance

Nick
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Just create a reverse zone for your subnet and make sure there is a PTR
entry for your DNS server. Nslookup upon intialization and subsequent
commands will always try to "tell" you what your DNS server name is.

Otherwise, you can ignore the error and it will still work for subsequent
commands, as you've already noticed.

:-)


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Ace

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Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory
 
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