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Need help getting nameservers to work on a domain with SBS2011 and Server 2008
I have purchased a domain that I need to point to an internal server. Currently I am able to access the server via a public IP address but not the domain. Our environment consists of and SBS2011 server that does all dhcp for our network and a separate MS Server 2008 server that hosts an e-commerce site.
Here is what I have done so far:
1) pointed my domain at the two nameservers I have created on the SBS2011 server. (ns1.mydomain.com and ns2.mydomain.com)
2) created a host record that uses the internal IP address of our application server.
3) created a host record on the application server that uses the external ip address of the application server.
What's happening is that I am able to correctly get the application server to work inside of our network by going to the domain url but I cannot get it to work outside of the network (I get a server not found as well as timeouts when I ping or do an nslookup on the url).
Here is what I have done so far:
1) pointed my domain at the two nameservers I have created on the SBS2011 server. (ns1.mydomain.com and ns2.mydomain.com)
2) created a host record that uses the internal IP address of our application server.
3) created a host record on the application server that uses the external ip address of the application server.
What's happening is that I am able to correctly get the application server to work inside of our network by going to the domain url but I cannot get it to work outside of the network (I get a server not found as well as timeouts when I ping or do an nslookup on the url).
Darius Ghassem
Did you create an A record on the internet DNS server that holds your records? Or your domain's records?
ASKER
By internet DNS server are you meaning the domain registrar? If so, I have added hosts that point to my application server's external ip address.
You have added A records that point to the external application server's IP address? On your domain registrar you have these records?
ASKER
Yes, the A record on my registrar is pointed at the exteral IP address for my application server.
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Ah, I think I found the problem. There was a nameserver that had a typo entered on my registrar side that was causing it to fail.