Domain Name Question 2

[nellerbug]

We installed a Windows 2000 Server with the same Domain Name as our Internet Domain. Now we can't access our own Website from either the Server or the Workstations. We can access anything else on the Internet with no problems, just not our own website.

I have configured DNS Forwarders on our W2K Server to point to our ISP's address and it's working fine. Our Domain on the Internet is hosted by a local Graphic Arts company, not our ISP.

Please advise

 

[aftertaf]

you can do one of two things:

first: Add a Host record for

http://www.yourdomain.com

to your internal DNS. give it the IP address of your public web site.

second: restructure something, either your domain name structure, or the DNS namespace for your registered domain name, so that you are hosting it yourself...

1st answer would be easier...

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[nsanto17]

This is why you when ever name a AD Domain you should always use yourdomain.local

Nick

 

[aftertaf]

is one good suggestion, not the only one, but one...

probably the simplest on a headache scale of 1 to 10 too

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[nellerbug]

As suggested, I added a Host Record to my internal DNS & gave it the IP Address of our public web site. Now I can access our web site from my Server ok, but still can't from my workstations.
Currently my workstations are pointing only at my internal DNS server.
Do I need to do anything else with Forwarders?

 

[Davetoo]

Go to one of your workstations,open a command prompt and type "ipconfig /flushdns", then try again.

I'm Certifiable, not certified.
It just means my answers are from experience, not a book.

 

[nellerbug]

As you suggested, I went to one of my Workstations, entered "IPCONFIG /FLUSHDNS" and up came our Web Site.
I repeated the process on 4 more XP Workstations and accessed our Web Site with no problem.
I went back to the 1st Workstation (2 hours later)and now see a screen with the heading "Test Page for the Apache Web Server on Red Hot Linux".
It goes on to say "If you are a member of the general public, the fact you are seeing this page indicates the website you just visited is either experiencing problems, or is undergoing routine maintenance".
All the XP Workstations are now displaying the same page and rerunning IPCONFIG /FLUSHDNS doesn't help, except on my Windows 2000 Server.
We have a Windows NT Server in another division with several Workstations (not with the same internal Domain Name) and have no problems.

Please advise ..

 

[aftertaf]

you've got some wires crossed between the host name and the IP address....
check with your site hoster that the IP is correct and that the default page is correctly setup.


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