Internal domain name is the same as external website name

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Joe Gomes

I have windows 2000 server with 8 clients pc. over
the weekend a company(not our's) has started their website
using our server domain name. so here is the problem
everytime a client goes to login it takes 30 mins. what do
i have to do to get the client pc from looking at the
external source? our do i change the internal domian name?
and will that cause all my client machines to loose their
personal settings by changing the domain name?

any advice would be help.

thanks,
 
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Joe Gomes said:
I have windows 2000 server with 8 clients pc. over
the weekend a company(not our's) has started their website
using our server domain name. so here is the problem
everytime a client goes to login it takes 30 mins. what do
i have to do to get the client pc from looking at the
external source? our do i change the internal domian name?
and will that cause all my client machines to loose their
personal settings by changing the domain name?

any advice would be help.

thanks,
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If the Client is using your internal DNS as it should, it would not even see
the external domain. Do not use an ISP's DNS in any NIC on any machine, for
internet access read this: 300202 - HOW TO Configure DNS for Internet Access
in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;300202&FR=1

Of course that means you can't access sites and services in the external
domain, but your kinda stuck because you cannot rename a Win2k domain, you
can demote it and promote it with a different name that is all. This means
you will lose all user accounts and their settings.
 
Make sure that all servers and clients only point at your internal DNS server for DNS. Make sure that this DNS server is hosting
the zone for your AD and it allows dynamic updates.

Thank you,
Mike Johnston
Microsoft Network Support
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