single-name questions for 2000

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Charles Hibbits

I have a need to test a single-name for dns. I have read through kb
article, 300684, and added,
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DnsCache\Parameters
and set the UpdateTopLevelDomainZones (REG_DWORD) registry value to 0x1. I
am still unable to get the machine to register any of the service records.
It seems, under w2k3 that there are two places to be updated. Did I miss
something? Is there another one that needs to be updated?
 
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Charles Hibbits said:
I have a need to test a single-name for dns. I have read through kb
article, 300684, and added,
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DnsCache\Parameters
and set the UpdateTopLevelDomainZones (REG_DWORD) registry value to
0x1. I am still unable to get the machine to register any of the
service records. It seems, under w2k3 that there are two places to be
updated. Did I miss something? Is there another one that needs to
be updated?
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Basic rules for registration:
1. Primary DNS Suffix is spelled exactly as the zone name in DNS
2. AD domain name is spelled the same as in #1
3. Dynamic updates set to at least yes in the zone.


Question... Why bother testing single label names, unless one of your
clients have that issue? It;s something that we need to fix by renaming the
domain. The ease of the rename highly depends on what version of AD and what
mode the domain is in.

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I have followed those rules but it does not seem to work. Here is what I am
doing:
-Using MS Virtual PC 2004.
-Windows 2000 Server with integrate SP4
-DNS is installed but no zones are configured
-Start DCPROMO and enter for the domain, test
-DCPROMO cannot find DNS server to support test zone <click ok>
-Yes, install and configure DNS server
-After reboot, change dynamic update from secure to yes for, .
-add name server to .
-add ad integrated reverse zone, dymanic update yes, and add ptr record for
host
-reboot
-after reboot, test zone appears, change to dynamic, reboot
-still no service records.


"Ace Fekay [MVP]"
 
You are doing this on the DOT zone (the Root zone?). I was wondering what
you meant by this below until I re-read it closer:
-After reboot, change dynamic update from secure to yes for, .
-add name server to .
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No. Don't do it that way. Delete the root zone, then manually create the
test.com or "test" zone under your Forward Lookup Zones. If it's single
label, then create that zone. Then follow that reg entry change to allow
single label updates. But get rid of the dot zone.


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Charles Hibbits said:
I have followed those rules but it does not seem to work. Here is what I am
doing:
-Using MS Virtual PC 2004.
-Windows 2000 Server with integrate SP4
-DNS is installed but no zones are configured
-Start DCPROMO and enter for the domain, test
-DCPROMO cannot find DNS server to support test zone <click ok>
-Yes, install and configure DNS server
-After reboot, change dynamic update from secure to yes for, .
-add name server to .
-add ad integrated reverse zone, dymanic update yes, and add ptr record for
host
-reboot
-after reboot, test zone appears, change to dynamic, reboot
-still no service records.


"Ace Fekay [MVP]"
In Charles Hibbits <[email protected]> posted their thoughts,
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then
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I made these changes but I am still having trouble. What is windows looking
for in DNS? If you have some step by step, I can try it from scratch.
Ace Fekay said:
You are doing this on the DOT zone (the Root zone?). I was wondering what
you meant by this below until I re-read it closer:
-After reboot, change dynamic update from secure to yes for, .
-add name server to .
Click to expand...

No. Don't do it that way. Delete the root zone, then manually create the
test.com or "test" zone under your Forward Lookup Zones. If it's single
label, then create that zone. Then follow that reg entry change to allow
single label updates. But get rid of the dot zone.


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Ace

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Charles Hibbits said:
I have followed those rules but it does not seem to work. Here is what
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I
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In
Charles Hibbits said:
I made these changes but I am still having trouble. What is windows
looking for in DNS? If you have some step by step, I can try it from
scratch.
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308201 - HOW TO Create a New Zone on a DNS Server in Windows 2000:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308201



Can I see a screenshot of your DNS console? I like to see what you're trying
to do. I *think* you're creating a DOT zone, then creating the 'test' zone
under it? We don't want to do that. But post a screen shot please.

Thanks

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do i post the screenshot to this group or send it to your hotmail account?
"Ace Fekay [MVP]"
 
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Charles Hibbits said:
do i post the screenshot to this group or send it to your hotmail
account?
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Post it to the group so we can all take a look, in case I miss something.
Soimetimes it's better to have more than one person look at it.



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In Charles Hibbits <[email protected]> posted their thoughts, then I
offered mine

Thanks for posting that. Seems you created it just fine. I do see a major
problem. You do not have a valid IP. Did you create that IP or did the
machine automatically give it to you? Apparently my bet is that your network
config is set to acquire an IP from DHCP, but there is no DHCP server to
give it an IP, so therefore, the machine will self assign itself an IP,
which we call the APIPA (Auto Private IP Address) in the range of
169.254.x.x, 255.255.0.0. HOwever, when it does that, it does not give a DNS
address in it's config. Nor does it configure the Primary DNS SUffix. If you
remember my previous post, I mentioned that the machine's DNS address in IP
properties must point to the DNS server you want to update to, and the
Primary DNS Suffix MUST match the zone name. Apparently you didn't configure
one of those things correctly.

I need to confirm your config, so Charles, can I see an ipconfig /all from
this machine as well?

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No, that is something I set myself. I am unfamiliar with all the networks
at this site and I new 169.254 would not conflict. I am now in a position
to get that information so if you still think it is a problem I can fix it.

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DEVDC01
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . : TEST
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Peer-Peer
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : TEST

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel 21140 Based PCI Fast
Ethernet
Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-03-FF-38-A4-E7
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 169.254.5.6
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 169.154.5.6


"Ace Fekay [MVP]"
 
Charles Hibbits said:
No, that is something I set myself. I am unfamiliar with all the networks
at this site and I new 169.254 would not conflict. I am now in a position
to get that information so if you still think it is a problem I can fix it.

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DEVDC01
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . : TEST
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Peer-Peer
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : TEST

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel 21140 Based PCI Fast
Ethernet
Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-03-FF-38-A4-E7
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 169.254.5.6
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 169.154.5.6
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Ok, makes sense. Look above, did you mean to make the DNS server 169.254.5.6
and not what is showing?

As for private IP ranges:
192.168.0.0/16
172.16.0.0 thru 172.16.39.255 (/19)
10.0.0.0/8

I would just probably pick 192.168.1.1 thru 192.168.1.254 using a
255.255.255.0 mask. Make the gateway 192.168.1.1 (that's the router).

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Ace

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Yep. That was it. How embarrasing. Good thing I am not carpenter. I
checked it twice and overlooked it twice. Thank you so much for your time.
 
In
Charles Hibbits said:
Yep. That was it. How embarrasing. Good thing I am not carpenter. I
checked it twice and overlooked it twice. Thank you so much for your
time.
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No problem for the help, that's what we're here for!

Hey, I need some wood finishing work done in my living room, such as chair
molding, wainescoating.. etc. Want to do it?
-just kidding!

Cheers!

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Ace

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