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by rawright 1 view

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I'm going nuts about this; can someone give me detailed, step-by-step instruction about implementing DNS correctly? Here's the scenario:

I built a Win2K Server and it installed its default configuration. No problems there. And for the record, I love Win2K - Micro$oft finally got something right! Great product; I'm just too damned ignorant to use it properly...

I have a domain name reserved, tstechserv.com, managed by register.com. I use a local ISP, and he has his own DNS servers. Iwant to leave the DNS servers owned by register.com as the SOA servers for my domain, and I want my local ISP's DNS servers to be able to resolve my domain name correctly so that friends on the local network can locate my website.

But when I use nslookup, my ISP's servers can't resolve the name of my domain to my IP address. The online information from Micro$oft assumes knowledge I don't have, so it's fairly useless. I'm hopeful, though, that someone here has gone through this nonsense andcan give me some clear guidance.

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by rawright

While the info is interesting, it doesn't address the question. The site referenced is quite good, but not applicable to Win2K - the DNS service is changed completely.

by meganetcomputers

If you take a look at the whois information on your domain the DNS servers that are reference are owned by registar.com below is a copy of this information:

Organization:
Tri State Technical Services
Roger Wright
1607 Clover Lane
Bullhead City, AZ 86442
US
Phone: (520) 763-4481
Email: rawright@bhcaz.com

Registrar Name....: Register.com
Registrar Whois...: whois.register.com
Registrar Homepage: http://www.register.com

Domain Name: TSTECHSERV.COM

Created on..............: Mon, Feb 12, 2001
Expires on..............: Wed, Feb 12, 2003
Record last updated on..: Mon, Feb 12, 2001

Administrative Contact:
Tri State Technical Services Roger Wright
1607 Clover Lane
Bullhead City, AZ 86442
US
Phone: (520) 763-4481
Email: rawright@bhcaz.com

Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
Register.Com
Domain Registrar
575 8th Avenue - 11th Floor
New York, NY 10018
US
Phone: 212-798-9200
Fax..: 212-629-9305
Email: domain-registrar@register.com

Domain servers in listed order:

DNS35.REGISTER.COM 216.21.234.88
DNS36.REGISTER.COM 216.21.226.88

Register your domain name at http://www.register.com

It is pointless to have a DNS entry on the ISP DNS server because you already have it set up with a registar. If you need further assistance you can contact me by e-mail.

by rawright

Win2K is very DNS oriented, internally as well as externally. This server is the root for the network and needs to work properly for the entire domain.

by meganetcomputers

It may be the root of your domain that does not mean anything to the internet in a whole. If it is not listed as either the primary or the secondary DNS that is specified for your domain in the whois. No matter what you enter in your DNS or your ISPDNS it would not do anything unless you change the DNS entries that are associated with your URL that you have with Registar. If you alter those DNS record with registar then it will have a purpose or if everyone specifies the IP as there DNS server.

by bohicam1

I do believe what you are after is a service called domain name forwarding. You would have to notify your ISP about your domain name and they would probably charge you a monthly fee for this service....is that what you are after?
Good luck!

Mike

by a.grogan

I have a similar configuration - we have a web site in the outside world that shares the same DNS namespace as our internal Windows 200 DNS name space.

To enable our users to get to our Externally hosted web site - we added a DNS host called "www" and gave it the IP Address of the External Website - you may need to add a similar address to your DNS.

by rawright

This doesn't really address the problem, which has grown considerably more complex since my original posting. But it's a good suggestion for future use - Thanks! Now that I've learned more about it, and talked to a half dozen others with the sameproblem (none of whom have ever been able to fix it) I'll close this and repost later with better info.

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