New computers cannot find domain, DNS issue possibly?

[AbuRayan]

First and foremost, I'm a serious newbie when it comes to Windows Server 2003. Thank God for this forum, and the helpful people on it.

I'm having a problem with the DNS, or at least I think its the DNS.
The DC was installed on the Server, and the DNS. The problem is, I think I may have removed something, because now I cannot ping the domain "hq.whatever.com"
I cannot ping it from the server or any of the workstations that I managed to attach to the domain when I initially created it.

I was once able to ping "hq" in the beginning, but now I cannot. I can however ping the server that its on "main", or any of the other servers as well.

What should I do?

 

[supportahm1980]

try a nslookup in the command window. it should show the FQDN

 

[markdmac]

Verify DNS setup.

DNS Settings:

Configure the server NIC to only list itself or other DCs, no ISP DNS gets configured on the NIC TCP/IP properties.

In DHCP, set the DNS scope option to only provide the IP of your local DNS server

For any statically configured IPs, make sure the DNS only lists local DNS servers and not ISP DNS.

In the DNS snap-in on the forwarders tab enter your ISP DNS.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

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