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How to setup a DNS server for your LAN
DNS setup for Win2000 networks
It seems there are several posts about how to properly setup a simple DNS server for a Windows 2000 network.
This FAQ details how to properly setup one DNS server in a simple Windows 2000 network.
When done, you will have a DNS server, with all your clients asking it to resolve names for them.
Items you will need to complete this FAQ:
-Windows 2000 server
-Workstations
-Maybe your 2k server CD.
-ISP supplied DNS server IPs.
-small phillips head screwdriver
-a blowtorch
You first need to install the DNS server service.
Install the DNS server service. Go to Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs | Add/Remove Windows Components | Networking Services. Add a check to the Domain Name System (DNS) check box. If the check is there, then you are already ready.
You now have DNS installed (or know that it was already installed). Go to Administrative Tools | DNS to open the DNS Server management console.
There should be 1 server listed... Mine is called DeathRow.
Right click on DeathRow and click Properties. Then select the Forwarders Tab.
Put a check-box in the Enable Forwarders box. Also, add the DNS server IP addresses supplied to you buy your ISP in the space provided. You will usually have 2. Add both now.
Now, go to your servers TCP/IP properties. Make sure the only DNS server it has listed is your local DNS server's IP.
Do the same for your workstations.
If they all use DHCP, then set it up in DHCP server app to supply only your local DNS server's IP.
OK, let's say your server's IP is 192.168.1.1
Go to a workstation and open a command prompt and run the following:
ipconfig /all
For DNS servers you should see 192.168.1.1.
Addition: My Forwarders box is greyed out!
The problem is a sort of common one.
You need to go into the DNS admin mmc,
Expand the server, go to Forward Lookup zones, and you should have a "." (without the quotes.)
Delete the "." Say Yes you really want to delete, and that is it.
You may have to restart the DNS service.
Glad to help!![[thumbsup]](/data/assets/smilies/thumbsup.gif "[thumbsup] [thumbsup]")
This FAQ details how to properly setup one DNS server in a simple Windows 2000 network.
When done, you will have a DNS server, with all your clients asking it to resolve names for them.
Items you will need to complete this FAQ:
-Windows 2000 server
-Workstations
-Maybe your 2k server CD.
-ISP supplied DNS server IPs.
-small phillips head screwdriver
-a blowtorch
You first need to install the DNS server service.
Install the DNS server service. Go to Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs | Add/Remove Windows Components | Networking Services. Add a check to the Domain Name System (DNS) check box. If the check is there, then you are already ready.
You now have DNS installed (or know that it was already installed). Go to Administrative Tools | DNS to open the DNS Server management console.
There should be 1 server listed... Mine is called DeathRow.
Right click on DeathRow and click Properties. Then select the Forwarders Tab.
Put a check-box in the Enable Forwarders box. Also, add the DNS server IP addresses supplied to you buy your ISP in the space provided. You will usually have 2. Add both now.
Now, go to your servers TCP/IP properties. Make sure the only DNS server it has listed is your local DNS server's IP.
Do the same for your workstations.
If they all use DHCP, then set it up in DHCP server app to supply only your local DNS server's IP.
OK, let's say your server's IP is 192.168.1.1
Go to a workstation and open a command prompt and run the following:
ipconfig /all
For DNS servers you should see 192.168.1.1.
Addition: My Forwarders box is greyed out!
The problem is a sort of common one.
You need to go into the DNS admin mmc,
Expand the server, go to Forward Lookup zones, and you should have a "." (without the quotes.)
Delete the "." Say Yes you really want to delete, and that is it.
You may have to restart the DNS service.
Glad to help!