This is kind of newbie question... I googled about this scenario,
but with no results :(
Lets say I have fictivedomain.com registered with ns1.fictivedomain.com
(10.20.30.1) and ns2.fictivedomain.com (10.20.30.2) that serve as
Primary DNS servers on machine #1.
Recently I acquired machine #2 on completely different subnet and now I
want to setup ns3.fictivedomain.com (40.50.60.1) and
ns4.fictivedomain.com (40.50.60.2) on this machine #2, and I want them
to serve as Primary DNS servers as well (I plan to shut down machine #1
eventually).
So far, I have:
- installed MS DNS onto Win2003 SE
- created ns3 and ns4 host names (Record Type A) with associated IP
addresses (40.50.60.1 and 40.50.60.2) in fictivedomain.com host records;
- Windows TCP/IP properties -> DNS server addresses are set to
40.50.60.1 and 40.50.60.2;
- MS DNS set to listen to all IP addresses (got 4 of them on machine)
- created Primary Forward and Reverse Lookup Zones
Forward Lookup Zone screenshot:
http://img151.imageshack.us/my.php?image=msdnsconfig1ni7.gif
Reverse Lookup Zone screenshot:
http://img166.imageshack.us/my.php?image=msdnsconfig2vh6.gif
- tested DNS with DNSTester and the results were okay (server responded)
The problem? When I try to modify DNS settings in client's .com domain,
and enter ns3.fictivedomain.com and ns4.fictivedomain.com, it returns
error every time and values are not saved. If I try to enter ns1 or ns2,
then it goes trough...
Hope I didn't complicate it... Any help appreciated. Thanks!
m.
It sounds like you have 4 different servers, all with fictivedomain.com
configured as a primary zone. Is that your setup?
What error exactly are you seeing? If you have sufficient rights to
configure DNS in TCP/IP properties, you should be able to enter any valid IP
address.

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> This is kind of newbie question... I googled about this scenario,
> but with no results :(
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> m.
matija. - 28 Sep 2006 23:32 GMT
> It sounds like you have 4 different servers, all with fictivedomain.com
> configured as a primary zone. Is that your setup?
I have 1 DNS server (with ns1 and ns2) on one machine, and now I've
setup 2nd DNS server (with ns3 and ns4) on second machine. DNS servers
on both machines are configured as a primary zone.
> What error exactly are you seeing? If you have sufficient rights to
> configure DNS in TCP/IP properties, you should be able to enter any valid IP
> address.
As I'm modifiying DNS settings of .com domain from within registrar's
interface, I only get "(1241) DNS modification failed.1" whenever I
input ns3 and ns4... If I input ns1 and ns2, then it doesn't give error.
I've sent a support ticket to registrar to find out more about this error.
In meanwhile, I've tested my DNS (dnsmgmt -> ServerName -> Properties ->
Monitoring -> Test) and both results are "Pass".
Is there any other way to test whether my ns3 and ns4 are working properly?
Anyway, thanks for replying.
m.
matija. - 29 Sep 2006 00:51 GMT
> It sounds like you have 4 different servers, all with fictivedomain.com
> configured as a primary zone. Is that your setup?
>
> What error exactly are you seeing? If you have sufficient rights to
> configure DNS in TCP/IP properties, you should be able to enter any valid IP
> address.
Problem solved:
I haven't registered my new nameservers with registrar... Now, it's
working properly... sorry I took your time, and thanks for help Greg.
m.
Greg Lindsay [MSFT] - 29 Sep 2006 17:47 GMT
Sure, no problem. I'm glad you figured it out.
Just a suggestion, but with your setup, you might want to register the
domain with ns1 and ns3 or ns2 and ns4. That way you have failover in case
one of the servers has a problem.
You could also consider making one of the servers a primary and the other
one a slave. Then, if you need to make a change in the domain, you only
need to change it on the primary.
Good luck!

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>> It sounds like you have 4 different servers, all with fictivedomain.com
>> configured as a primary zone. Is that your setup?
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> m.
matija. - 29 Sep 2006 18:55 GMT
> Sure, no problem. I'm glad you figured it out.
>
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> one a slave. Then, if you need to make a change in the domain, you only
> need to change it on the primary.
Thanks for your suggestion, I will definately do that, but... as I said,
ns1 and ns2 will be shut down in a few weeks and when I create new name
servers, I'll go with primary and secondary zones.
regards,
m.