Setting Up DNS Problem.

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Iain West

Hi,

I am currently studying for exam 70-216 and I am trying to setup my own DNS
on my test network.

When I run the program NSLOOKUP I get the following warning

*** Can't find server name for address 192.168.220.2: Non-existent domain
*** Default servers are not available
Default Server: UnKnown
Address: 192.168.220.2

If I type in for example intel.com I get the following:-

intel.com
Server: UnKnown
Address: 192.168.220.2

Non-authoritative answer
Name: intel.com
Address: 198.175.96.33

So to an extent it works but how do I stop the warning appearing? And how
do I know if I have setup DNS correctly?

TIA

Iain
 
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Then Kevin replied below:
Hi,

I am currently studying for exam 70-216 and I am trying to setup my
own DNS on my test network.

When I run the program NSLOOKUP I get the following warning

*** Can't find server name for address 192.168.220.2: Non-existent
domain
*** Default servers are not available
Default Server: UnKnown
Address: 192.168.220.2

If I type in for example intel.com I get the following:-

intel.com
Server: UnKnown
Address: 192.168.220.2

Non-authoritative answer
Name: intel.com
Address: 198.175.96.33

So to an extent it works but how do I stop the warning appearing?
And how do I know if I have setup DNS correctly?

TIA

Iain
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Configure a reverse lookup on the DNS server's IP address.
 
Kevin D. Goodknecht said:
In Iain West
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Configure a reverse lookup on the DNS server's IP address.
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I did this and I followed the details documented in the MS Artcile 300386
and I still get the same error.
 
In Iain West <[email protected]>
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I did this and I followed the details documented in the MS Artcile
300386 and I still get the same error.
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Is there a PTR record for the IP in the zone?
That is all this message means, just as it says server name for address
192.168.220.2, that it cannot do an IP address to name lookup.
Could you have possibly mis-configured the reverse lookup or not created the
PTR record I cannot tell you.
But you can ignore this message.
 
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