DNS friendly name resolve help

[erikkl2000]

I am in need of help to get domain names resolved..

I do not have AD installed; the only thing that i have installed in server2003, IIS 6.0, and DNS...

I have spent about two weeks with this and i can finally say that i can see what is going on now(after a complete mental break down).

Here are my settings:

My server2003 IP is 192.168.0.40
My server2003 Perferred DNS server is 192.168.0.40
My server2003 Alternate DNS server is (my ISP DNS)
My server2003 default gateway is 192.168.0.1

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Ok for my other LAN computers i will read off one of my desktops...
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My xpBox IP is 192.168.0.41
My xpBox Perferred DNS server is 192.168.0.40
My xpBox Alternate DNS server is (my ISP DNS)
My xpBox default gateway is 192.168.0.1

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Here is what i need..
When ever i do a nsLookup on the server 2003 box everything works perfect.... I can type the domain in question (

http://www.afcc-inc.com

) and the name is resolved and ALSO the IIS will server the page for header

http://www.afcc-inc.com

***I am not able to resolve the domain name from my xpBox(nor am i able to do a nsLookup from the command prompt from my xpBox)

Is there some security settings that i am missing some where?

Erik

 

[erikkl2000]

I have just pinged my nameservers and here is what i have got in the response...

G:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC>ping SUPER2.AFCC-INC.COM

Pinging SUPER2.AFCC-INC.COM [76.183.13.216] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 76.183.13.216: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 76.183.13.216: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64
Reply from 76.183.13.216: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64
Reply from 76.183.13.216: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 76.183.13.216:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 2ms, Maximum = 3ms, Average = 2ms

G:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC>ping SUPER1.AFCC-INC.COM

Pinging super1.AFCC-INC.COM [76.183.13.216] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 76.183.13.216: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 76.183.13.216: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 76.183.13.216: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 76.183.13.216: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 76.183.13.216:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 2ms, Maximum = 2ms, Average = 2ms

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Here is what i get when i do a nsLookup on afcc-inc.com

G:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC>nslookup afcc-inc.com
DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds.
*** Can't find server name for address 192.168.0.40: Timed out
Server: dns-cac-lb-01.texas.rr.com
Address: 24.93.41.125

DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds.
DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds.
*** Request to dns-cac-lb-01.texas.rr.com timed-out


You can see where my first DNS choice is not resolving..

help help...

Erik

 

[Dublin73]

Hi, first things first.

as a general rule of thumb...

99% of the time, no clients or servers on your LAN should ever have the ISP's DNS servers listed as their primary or secondary DNS server.

What you want to do is add your ISP's DNS server(s) in one location only, in the forwarders section of your DNS server.

Check out the "How to Configure Forwarders" section here...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323380

In short, you let your DNS server query your ISP's DNS servers on behalf of the client PCs, rather than having all your clients getting confused between DNS servers that are local and out on the internet.

Start with that and let us know how you get on from there

 

[erikkl2000]

yeeeeeeee ha

http://wwwww

.... This is finally setting in....

This feels almost as good as it did when i finally got interfaces... way back when...

I set all of my LAN dns (xpBoxes) to my local dns server and set the forwarder to my ISP... and all is great...

I now have one host record and have created (CNAME)'s for all of my: www, dns1, dns2,(i am only using one ip for the two dns becuase i am just learning here). And everything is great..

I am going to start a new thread for my next question..

Thanks a million!

Erik