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DNS -> Getting to our website without having to use www.mydomain.com

Hi Everyone,

In my network when we type our domain name in the address bar of a web browser (ie - mydomain.com) it will not resolve our website. Instead it usually resolves to a google page or times out. Our website is hosted outside our network by a hosting company. Right now we can only get to our website by typing in www.mydomain.com. It seems so simple but I haven't found a fix for this and was wondering if anyone was willing to help.

Thanks!!

MetMc

I'm not an expert on this but I do have a little experience. It was over a year ago that I had to deal with an issue like this and if I remember correctly it had to do with the reverse DNS pointer record either not existing or not being valid.

See if this description sounds like the problem you're having:

http://www.simpledns.com/kb.aspx?kbid=1052

I am sure there are some very experienced people on here that explain how it all works.

MetMc

Just remembered what the problem was. Our email was hosted by a company that by policy would not do reverse dns for its clients. I ended up moving all of the dns info to our ISP because of that.

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DrDave242

The above is correct, but there is one potential caveat: if your internal (AD) domain name is also mydomain.com, creating that blank host record in step 1 will cause problems. If your internal domain is named something else (as it should be), you're in the clear.

WindhamSD

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Thanks guys! Yea, unfortunately our internal and external domain are named the same... Is there any way out of this without changing it or should I tell my users to add the www?

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