windows 2000 / xp pro / win98 / router

[DennisAtWork]

When I log on for the Windows 2000 servers from my two new XP Pro pcs a window shows "applying your personal settings" for a long time, then goes away.
I have windows 2000 / xp pro / win98 / router in my system.
I believe the router is providing DHCP to the network accept the server. I've read postings that indicate I have to check my DNS settings. Well I don't know what they should be so checking them will not help. I can tell you that I can browse the net and access the server from every PC on my network (xp pro & Windows 98).
I'm also having a problem accessing shared files on the windows 98 pcs...but that may be unrelated.
Help with the DNS settings at the server and would be helpful. Also, should I be using the router to provide ip's or the windows 2000 server?

 

[Jpoandl]

Make sure that when you do an IPCONFIG /ALL (from a command prompt on the CLIENT workstations) that DNS = IP address of Windows internal server.



Joseph L. Poandl
MCSE 2003

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[DennisAtWork]

At the workstations, I manually set the DNS to the ip address of the server but then lost access to the internet. So what am I doing wrong?

 

[Jpoandl]

Not doing anything wrong... So now, your clients are using the internal Windows domain DNS server. This is good. If you reboot, it will be much fast for applying security and policies.

Now you need to go into your Windows DNS and configure forwarding to your ISP DNS servers. (Once, you do this, you will be able to resolve to the internet again)

In you DNS Forward lookup Zones, you will have a "." root forward lookup zone. You must delete this zone to forward to the internet. If you don't have one, this "." root zone has already been deleted. So move on to the next step.

Next step: In the DNS administrator console, right click your DNS server and choose properties. There is a FORWARDERS tab. Enter the IP addresses for your ISP DNS servers here. Save and exit.

Wait a few minutes...and then try to access the internet again... you should be good to go.



Joseph L. Poandl
MCSE 2003

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