Resolved DNS not working on Server 2003 Domain

Discussion in 'Networks' started by honeymonkey, Mar 29, 2010.

  1. honeymonkey

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    ADSL Modem / Router 10.128.128.1

    Esxi 4.0 10.128.128.40 (Static)

    VM SmoothWall Firewall 10.128.128.45 (Static Wan)(RED)
    VM SmoothWall Firewall 192.168.0.1 (Static Lan)(GREEN)

    VM Windows Server 2003 192.168.0.10 DNS 127.0.0.1 (Static)
    VM Windows XP Pro 192.168.0.201 (DHCP)

    I've set-up Windows Server 2003 as a domain controller using dcpromo and configured it with the domain mcse2003.local I've also enabled DHCP and setup a scope to give out ip addresses between 192.168.0.201 - 192.168.0.250

    The problem I am having is that domain names are not being resolved, both Server 2003 and XP Pro can ping IP addresses and browse websites using IP addresses.

    Do I need to configure anything else in DNS?

    Thanks in advance!
     
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  2. SimonD
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    How did you configure the DHCP scope? if you configured it with 127.0.0.1 then that's the local loopback address and that means it will only attempt to contact itself. Ideally you want to tell the DNS server to use 192.168.0.10 to serve DNS requests on.

    All DHCP clients should have 192.168.0.10 as the DNS server.
     
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  3. honeymonkey

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    Scope [192.168.0.0] Nottingham
    Scope Options
    003 Router 192.168.0.1
    006 DNS Servers 192.168.0.10
    015 DNS Domain Name msce2003.local
     
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  4. Bluerinse
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    Yes forwarders.

    You need to right click on the DNS server, go to properties and then forwarders tab and enter the IP address of your ISP's DNS server, or any other DNS servers that you may prefer to use. eg.. Opendns.
     
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  5. honeymonkey

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    Thanks that sorted it, Does anyone know why the DNS server did not use Root Hints?
     
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  6. Sparky
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    You don’t *have* to setup forwarders but it is highly recommended. The root hints DNS can take care of external DNS resolution until you get forwarder setup.

    If the root hints tab is blank then you do need a forwarder and it looks like the server did not have web access therefore the root hints DNS was not populated when you installed DNS.
     
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