W2K DC/DNS server doesn't cleints to browse same domain name on mail or web

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I set up a Windows 2K server as Domain controller and DNS
server. Let's say it's called bogus.com. I have all
clients on LAN (XP Pro) configured to point to the DNS
servers IP address for DNS resolution. No problems
connecting to Domain and no problems connecting to other
domains on the web. Except for www.bogus.com and
mail.bogus.com which are hosted (DNS and application
services) by our ISP. Now I realize that I should have
named the domain local_bogus.com to prevent this. I there
a way for me to configure the DNS server to route request
to our ISPs DNS server for mail and www request? I would
prefer not to point right to the ISPs IP addresses for www
and mail servers because these change somewhat frequently.
Jason
 
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Jason H said:
I set up a Windows 2K server as Domain controller and DNS
server. Let's say it's called bogus.com. I have all
clients on LAN (XP Pro) configured to point to the DNS
servers IP address for DNS resolution. No problems
connecting to Domain and no problems connecting to other
domains on the web. Except for www.bogus.com and
mail.bogus.com which are hosted (DNS and application
services) by our ISP. Now I realize that I should have
named the domain local_bogus.com to prevent this. I there
a way for me to configure the DNS server to route request
to our ISPs DNS server for mail and www request? I would
prefer not to point right to the ISPs IP addresses for www
and mail servers because these change somewhat frequently.
Jason
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Hmm, I guess you will just have to add a record named www and mail to the
internal forward lookup zone for bogus.com then give those records their
respective IP addresses to access those servers.
My guess is bogus.com is not your real name so you will have to do your own
leg work to get the IPs needed to access those servers. I'll give you a
hint.
nslookup
server (ISP's DNS)
www.bogus.com

:-)
 
Kevin,
Thank you for the response. Can I point to the ISPs DNS
server when I create "www" and "mail" records rather than
pointing directly to the application servers?
Jason
 
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Jason H said:
Kevin,
Thank you for the response. Can I point to the ISPs DNS
server when I create "www" and "mail" records rather than
pointing directly to the application servers?
Jason
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I hope you are not talking about on the machine, use the change server
command in nslookup

C:\nslookup
server (ISP's DNS) <--change server command
 
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Jason H said:
Kevin,
Thank you for the response. Can I point to the ISPs DNS
server when I create "www" and "mail" records rather than
pointing directly to the application servers?
Jason
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No, you can't use the ISP's server. In any scenario, with AD, whether
Split-Horizon or Split Zone (what you have), or even a separate zone, such
as what you mentioned you wanted to call it (domain.local), you ALWAYS ONLY
use your internal server. Otherwise, it will cause *numerous* errors. Point
to your own only. Give the www record the actual external IP address of your
webserver that is being hosted by your hosting company.

What application servers are you talking about? Those records thjat you
mentioned that you can't get to: mail and www, are being hosted externally,
so you would need to give those records their respective external addresses.

Also, configure a forwarder on your DNS to resolve Internet names
efficiently.


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Regards,
Ace

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Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory
 
JH> Let's say it's called bogus.com.

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JH> I there a way for me to configure the DNS server to route
JH> request to our ISPs DNS server for mail and www request?

Yes.

JH> I would prefer not to point right to the ISPs IP addresses
JH> for www and mail servers because these change somewhat
JH> frequently.

Then you need to use the second method, not the first method.

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