LAN to LAN DNS resolution

[tty0]

Hi,
quick problem,
This is the setup:
Network A has many clients and an sbs2003 server, the internet is managed by a VPN firewall router and has its own internet connection.

Network B is exactly the same as network A but at a different location and both networks are connected via a VPN tunnel.

This is the problem:
each network resolves internally and resolves internet addresses. However! network A will not resolve hostnames on network B and vice versa.

Help!! Pleaseeeee.



'mi casa es su casa'
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[Seaspray0]

Not enough information. What are the names of the primary zones and which site are they being hosted in (which server holds the primary zone)?

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[elgrandeperro]

How are users at network B getting DNS resolution?

gene

 

[tty0]

neither are set to primary

server1.networkA.local runs its own dns

server1.networkB.local runs its own dns

neither dns are aware of the other. Im sure its as simple as forwarding dns records between servers or making one dns server primary and secondary.

no clients on the opposing site can resolve dns for the opposing network

'mi casa es su casa'
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[elgrandeperro]

Yes, you can forward but that invokes a request everytime, even if it is cache I believe.

A better solution is to make each DNS server secondaries of
each other. DNS then would manage the transfers, and
requests would stay on their own side.

I am a Unix/BIND guy, but I am pretty sure that W2K DNS supports the secondary concept as BIND does.

gene