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Windows Server Forum / Windows NT / DNS / August 2004Can it be done.........easily???????
Hi all, Complete novice and my explanation may not sound 'correct'....sorry! OK. The scenario is that my work has 10 offices around the UK, and in the head office it has the main server to the ISP. Each office is connected on a WAN with it's own server. Each office has say 10 workstations! My machine runs on Win2K and I have MS Server 2000 installed. I have created a test website that can be connected to, from any of the other offices (confirmed). BUT, they have to enter the URL as [MyIPAddress]/MyWebDir/DefaultPage.htm What I would like is to have a proper DNS, for internal use only (ie. across the WAN), so that the URL will be http://MyChosenName/MyWebDir/DefaultPage.htm But I have no idea how to do this. Could it just be a configuration file on the local server (wishful thinking! :-)? Appreciate any help or direction. All the best, Phil >Complete novice and my explanation may not sound 'correct'....sorry! > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >But I have no idea how to do this. Could it just be a configuration file on >the local server (wishful thinking! :-)? Create a DNS host entry, give it the IP address of the web server and go get a beer. Jeff Hi Jeff, Thanks for the quick response but before I pull the tab off that ice-cold beer.........I'm sure when YOU KNOW :-) how to 'Create a DNS host entry' and assign the req'd IP address, then it seems pretty bl%#$E# simple but, I don't know...hence my question!. Could you expand just a little and either tell me how to do that or where I might find the answers. Cheers, Phil > >Complete novice and my explanation may not sound 'correct'....sorry! > > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Jeff > Hi Jeff, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > and either tell me how to do that or where I might find > the answers. Using the DNS management console expand the server open forward lookup zones, create a new zone named whatever you want with a multi-label name like my.site, in that zone create a new host leave the name blank give it the IP of the web server, click OK when it barks at you saying (same as parent folder) is not a valid host name. Now the site can be accessed by anyone using the DNS server as http://my.site if you really want to get fancy you can also create a host named www with the IP of the web server, now it can be accessed by http://www.my.site If the other sites are using their own DNS server you will need to pull a secondary zone from this zone to their DNS server. Since this name is not a registered name, the only way you can access it by this name is for them to have a zone in their DNS server.  SignatureBest regards, Kevin D4 Dad Goodknecht Sr. [MVP] Hope This Helps ================================================ -- When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader so that others may learn and benefit from your issue, to respond directly to me remove the nospam. from my email address. ================================================ http://www.lonestaramerica.com/ ================================================ Use Outlook Express?... Get OE_Quotefix: It will strip signature out and more http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/ ================================================ Keep a back up of your OE settings and folders with OEBackup: http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx ================================================ P> hence my question!. Your question begins "How do I ...". So you should have gone to the "How To" section of Microsoft's product documentation. <URL:http://www.microsoft.com./windows2000/en/advanced/help/sag_DNStopnode.htm> >Hi Jeff, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >don't know...hence my question!. Could you expand just a little and either >tell me how to do that or where I might find the answers. Well, from your description, I can't tell waht you're running as a DNS server or even if you're running one. You posted in the NT DNS group, but mention W2K Server, so you might look at: W2K Advanced DNS How To: http://www.microsoft.com./windows2000/en/advanced/help/sag_DNS_pro_Topnode.htm DNS Basics for IIS Administrators: http://www.iisanswers.com/articles/dns_for_iis.htm How To Configure DNS for Internet Access in Windows 2000: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;300202&sd=tech The basics are to add a new Zone (or use an existing one) as a Standard Primary, then add a Host (Type A Record), with the host anme you want, poitning to the IP address of your web server. The clients all have to use this DNS server or you won't get the expected results. Jeff >> >Complete novice and my explanation may not sound 'correct'....sorry! >> > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >> >> Jeff |
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