Non-domain member entry??

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Running a w2k AD domain using DDNS. Testing a web server (USWeb1)
internally before publishing externally. It's not a member of the
domain. Want to be able to simply resolve USWeb1 from a domain client
without having to add anything else (zone) in the url (i.e.
USWeb1.workgroup). Can't figure out how to do this. Have tried adding
a new DNS zone, but then you must add the zone to the URL. Know the
answer must be simple, but is eluding me at the moment.

Thanks in advance!

BB
 
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Barna8us said:
Running a w2k AD domain using DDNS. Testing a web server (USWeb1)
internally before publishing externally. It's not a member of the
domain. Want to be able to simply resolve USWeb1 from a domain client
without having to add anything else (zone) in the url (i.e.
USWeb1.workgroup). Can't figure out how to do this. Have tried adding
a new DNS zone, but then you must add the zone to the URL. Know the
answer must be simple, but is eluding me at the moment.

Thanks in advance!

BB
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If there are multiple sites on the machine and the USWeb1 website is not the
default site, it complicates things, however, you can get this to work. In
USWEb1's website properties, create a hostheader called usweb1. Assuming
that the machine's name is NOT usweb1, you'll want to make sure that the
name is put either in WINS or LMHOST files on your clients that points that
name to the IP of the webserver.

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Ace

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Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory
 
Sorry - I didn't explain myself very well (but thanks for responding).

The website IS the default site on the server. My wish is that any
domain member will be able to resolve this local non-domain host
through DNS. ("Mr. CEO, check out the development progress on the
website at http://USWEB1") But since the webserver is inside the LAN
at the moment and not a member of the domain, I'm trying to figure out
how to create a DNS entry for it. I'm successfull if I create a new
zone such as Workgroup, then enter the URL USWEB1.Workgroup when
browsing the website. But what I really want is to be able to resolve
the name from simply USWeb1.

Thanks
 
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Barna8us said:
Sorry - I didn't explain myself very well (but thanks for responding).

The website IS the default site on the server. My wish is that any
domain member will be able to resolve this local non-domain host
through DNS. ("Mr. CEO, check out the development progress on the
website at http://USWEB1") But since the webserver is inside the LAN
at the moment and not a member of the domain, I'm trying to figure out
how to create a DNS entry for it. I'm successfull if I create a new
zone such as Workgroup, then enter the URL USWEB1.Workgroup when
browsing the website. But what I really want is to be able to resolve
the name from simply USWeb1.
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Create a DNS forward lookup zone named usweb1, then in the zone create one
host and leave the name field blank and give it the IP of the website. You
will get a warning that (same as parent folder) is not a valid host name,
click OK to create the record anyway.
Then it will resolve correctly.
 
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Kevin D. Goodknecht said:
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Create a DNS forward lookup zone named usweb1, then in the zone
create one host and leave the name field blank and give it the IP of
the website. You will get a warning that (same as parent folder) is
not a valid host name, click OK to create the record anyway.
Then it will resolve correctly.
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Also want to add, keep in mind that when accessing a resource by using a
single name such as usweb1, that would be a NetBIOS name and not a DNS name.
If you were to ping it, it would affix the search suffix, being your domain
name, but in this case, the browser would treat it as a NetBIOS name.
NetBIOS resolution support would be required. If in a mutli-subnetted
environment and/or have remote locations, WINS would be suggested here to
support it.

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Regards,
Ace

Please direct all replies to the newsgroup so all can benefit.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties.

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