adding an alias

[mckeek]

I have just upgraded my PDC from NT to 2K - OK so far! Even added a second DC no prob. A few DNS problems, though. My domain is company.com, but my users can't get to

http://www.company.com,

although they can get to any other web site. So I read up and discover I need to add an alias (CNAME) in my forward lookup zone with the IP address of my ISP's server. From a previous nslookup for

http://www.company.com

I know the IP of my ISP who hosts my web site so I go to add an alias from my DNS console. The add an alias dialog prompts for 2 items (the parent domain is pre-populated) - Alias name, which I named www, and FQ name for target host. If this is where I am supposed to add my ISP's IP them somebody please show me the trick, cause it won't take the periods in an IP, although it will take the server name as listed in the nslookup.

 

[jfwebber]

Just add an A record for

http://www in

your company.com forward lookup zone that points to the ip address of your ISP.

Jim

Jim Webber
Network Administrator MCSE CNA

 

[vick53]

what he is asking is in the second field of an A record ,if the ip address is xxx.xxx.xx.xx you can't type in the dots

 

[jfwebber]

When adding an A record, the dots are already there in th second field, you do not have to type the dots. However, the question was regarding a CNAME record, which he does not have to create. An A record will solve his issue.

Jim

Jim Webber
Network Administrator MCSE CNA