I'm in the process of setting up web and mail services on my own server for
the first time. Of course DNS has been the biggest issue. I have my DNS
server up and running and it locates the parent. I am able to access my http
site and ftp site. The e-mail server has been pain. I ...

I have a domain under Server 2k3.  The DC is the DNS and DHCP server.
Everything works fine and I do not notice any problems.  However, when I
ping any workstation in the network with the -a switch, the name is not
returned in the command output.  Meanwhile, pinging the ...

Network Layout:
ISP 1: Router's Internal IP Address 192.168.100.1
ISP 2: Router's Internal IP Address 192.168.100.254
DNS Server 1: Default Gateway 192.168.100.1

I've recently been given responsiblity to supporting a non-domain 2003
server installation.  Yes, I know it sounds crazy but there is no domain and
no active directory.  The DNS forward and reverse lookup zones do not show
any computers except the server itself.  Normally, I ...

I have problem with root domain. Wit two DNS server that are olso DC. DNS
zone is AD integrated. I get the following error when DNS starts :
Event Type:    Error
Event Source:    DNS

From the event log:
the security system could not establish a secured connection with the server
DNS/auth00.dns.bellsouth.net  No authentication protocol was available
From the M.S. link in the event log info:

can a linux client take advantage from the ms ddhcp feature (w2k3 server) ?
So, if a linux client receives a dhcp address from the ms (d)dhcp server,
will the client be reachable under his hostname ?
Will the linux clientname (hostname) be transported to the ms dns server, so

I have a couple of XP sp2 clients that need to run ipconfig /flushdns
/registerdns a few times a week
to get DNS resolution.   Our DNS server is win2003 with a secondary on a
win2000.

Infrastructure information:
-1- Forest with different trees running on top of Windows Server 2003
-2- DNS service has automatically been installed, during the DCpromo
-3- Second domain controller for a certain tree has been setup for redundancy

What is the function of secondary DNS and stub DNS and what are the ways to
set up these DNS servers?
For the secondary zone, first, I created secondary zone at first server and
this secondary zone point to the other DNS server, and did the reverse for

hey all,
i use my hosts file to map my ip address to the common name and i just want
to know how i would move that over to my dns server so i don't have to use
the hosts file anymore.

I need to change the from port of a DNS query going out so that I can
cut a hole through our firewall thus:
192.168.1.1:53 --> 10.1.1.1:53 (both TCP and UDP)
I have found a kb article which points to a registry fix, however, this

I have a DNS problem in one of my Trees in a Forest.
Let say the tree is xxxx.net and I have 3 child domains.
On the tree root xxxx.net I have lost the the following for 2 out of the 3
child domains:

Environment:
Main HQ- Two dns servers, A and B.  Both servers are set to forward all
requests for external info to ISP DNS servers (2).  All client DNS settings
at HQ (set through DHCP) are set to server "A" as primary, and "B" as

Hello all - First of all thank you for any of your input, it is much
appreciated.
I have a 3 site WAN and it is all one flat 2003 Domain. All DNS Servers in
the domain have Active Directory - Integrate DNS enabled.