DNS question
I have a pie-in-the-sky question.
Is it possible to set up my windows 2003 DNS server so when I type "ping hostname" it goes through a list of search domains then responds with the correct FQDN and ip address?
So here's the scenario:
1. I say ping hostname. Not ping hostname.domain.com just hostname!
2. My server is either primary or secondary for 3 domains. It trys the primary domain, the next domain and the balance of the domains.
3. Once it has exhaused all the local domains, it can't resolve the name or forwards it to a root server.
Can I set up such a scenario???
Thanks,
-Ken
Is it possible to set up my windows 2003 DNS server so when I type "ping hostname" it goes through a list of search domains then responds with the correct FQDN and ip address?
So here's the scenario:
1. I say ping hostname. Not ping hostname.domain.com just hostname!
2. My server is either primary or secondary for 3 domains. It trys the primary domain, the next domain and the balance of the domains.
3. Once it has exhaused all the local domains, it can't resolve the name or forwards it to a root server.
Can I set up such a scenario???
Thanks,
-Ken
Or setup 3 DNS servers in the NIC configuration, it will try the first, than 2nd and if both fail to resolve, will goto the 3rd - your forwarder DNS
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> Is it possible to set up my windows 2003 DNS server so when I type "ping hostname" it goes through a list of search
> domains then responds with the correct FQDN and ip address?
Not on the DNS server side. You can make the client do it, as chakko describes, and you can set that in Policy if you wish.
Chris
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Hi everyone,
I've been working on some other issues all day today. I'll try your suggestions tonight and reply back.
-Ken
I've been working on some other issues all day today. I'll try your suggestions tonight and reply back.
-Ken
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Thanks for everyone's response.
As for the client side change, I've been doing that for some time and it does work. However, it works only for that one machine. I want it for every client that uses a specific DNS server.
So I want this to run on the server side and not on the client side. Chris-Dent says this is not possible on the server side. Is that totally accurate? I believe Chris-Dent but someone may know of a work-around.
thanks all,
-Ken
As for the client side change, I've been doing that for some time and it does work. However, it works only for that one machine. I want it for every client that uses a specific DNS server.
So I want this to run on the server side and not on the client side. Chris-Dent says this is not possible on the server side. Is that totally accurate? I believe Chris-Dent but someone may know of a work-around.
thanks all,
-Ken
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How to set up WINS.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727015.aspx