Adding a CName record for a local server
I am working on a network with Windows Server 2008 as the DNS server. I'm wanting to add a local web server as an alias but am getting a bit stuck.
I'll call the local domain mynet.local. There is an external web server at mynet.com. I want a local web server to be accessed when one uses localweb.mynet.com.
I was able to create a new zone in DNS named mynet.com. I created a CName record in it named localweb and pointed it at the local web server.
Both Ping and NSLookup find the right IP address when I point them at localweb.mynet.com. They don't find mynet.com, though, because I've not configured the other records in the local DNS server.
I'd like to avoid having to configure the other DNS settings for mynet.com on the local DNS server. The authoritative DNS server for mynet.com is located elsewhere and I don't want to have to manage records in both places.
Is there a way to have the local DNS server resolve localweb.mynet.com but use the external DNS server for all other permutations of mynet.com? If not, would simply be better off adding the localweb.mynet.com to the external DNS server?
I'll call the local domain mynet.local. There is an external web server at mynet.com. I want a local web server to be accessed when one uses localweb.mynet.com.
I was able to create a new zone in DNS named mynet.com. I created a CName record in it named localweb and pointed it at the local web server.
Both Ping and NSLookup find the right IP address when I point them at localweb.mynet.com. They don't find mynet.com, though, because I've not configured the other records in the local DNS server.
I'd like to avoid having to configure the other DNS settings for mynet.com on the local DNS server. The authoritative DNS server for mynet.com is located elsewhere and I don't want to have to manage records in both places.
Is there a way to have the local DNS server resolve localweb.mynet.com but use the external DNS server for all other permutations of mynet.com? If not, would simply be better off adding the localweb.mynet.com to the external DNS server?
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