We have three servers (PDC is SBS 2003 and two W2K servers in the same
domain). The PDC has DNS installed and the router is handling DHCP. In
addition, all desktops are WinXP Pro and are configured to obtain the DNS
address automatically. The router is configured with DNS1 and ...

At our company, we have a Windows 2003 machine acting as a domain
controller. It also hosts shares and printers. A few days ago, accessing the
server by UNC started to work only intermittently (ex. \\servername). Now
users who do manage to connect do not always see all the shares ...

I have AD problems with dns resolution between dc.
Microsoft support say that:
point the primary dns server to the secondary and secondary to the primary
in nic config?

  I have a Windows 2003 domain with 2 2003 DHCP servers and 3 DNS servers
(2 2003 and 1 2000).  The DHCP servers are also DNS servers.  
  I have some Mac OS X clients on campus, and I want them to be dynamically
added to DNS as they get their DHCP addresses.  The Mac OS X ...

I have a number of networked printers with fixed IP addresses, but these are
not shown in the DNS management screen -only PCs are listed. Is there some
way I can add these and if so, how?  I can see facilities for adding 'other
new records' but the types listed do not include ...

can i configure my NS1 & NS2 in such a way that if i create example.com zone
on NS1, it will replicate to NS2 automatically?
so far i found that i need to add zones on both servers i.e. NS1 & NS2 in
order to replicate records/updates automatically from NS1 to NS2.

All of our Windows 2003 computers that are doing dynamic updates of DNS to
the domain controller's DNS server are updating their domain name to resolve
to TWO different IPs.   One of  these is the IP that is configured for the
host by DHCP.   But the second IP is one that is always ...

I received an email from our T1 provider telling me that they were
discontinuing services on some of their DNS servers. We were given a
list of their new local DNS servers.
Our T1 comes in via their Netopia router. Then it travels to our

I run into a strange one. Windows 2003 dns clients do not use their alternate
DNS server when their preferred DNS server is offline. However, Windows 2000
DNS clients switch right over to the alternate DNS server when their
preferred DNS server is unavailable, which is the same ...

Our company (Org A) has purchased another organization (Org B) and, in the
short-term, they want to set up a trust relationship between the two
organizations.  "Org B" is running AD 2003 and they're using Bind for DNS.  
"Org A" is still running Windows 2000 and using AD ...

I am seeing DNS error on the netdiag result even if it says PASSED. The
first line which says "Cannot find a primary ...." is bothering me and need
to fix it. Please help me if you have the solution.
FYI: I have two domain controllers with inigrated DNS...all w2k3.

I have Internet ISP DNS forwarders in A.local DNS Server, now I adding
B.local DNS Server from another office in internal LAN. Can I configure
something like "cascade" Forwarders for B.local (I mean for B.Local there
forwarder will be A.local, and then A.Local have next DNS ...

Could someone please explain the best way of setting up DNS for 2 top level
domains in the same forest. After I installed the root domain with DNS on
the DC(s), I installed another top level domain with its own DNS and it all
got a bit muddled after I tried to make the root ...

Is there a way to setup Microsoft DNS to only forward DNS requests for a
specific set of IPs?
I would like to turn forwarding on in my internet DNS server so that
machines in my DMZ can use it for name resolution of zones where I am not the

I have an AD domain called mydomain.local . I want the users to access
an intranet application by typing in intranet.mydomain.com instead of
intranet.mydomian.local.
What do I need to create in DNS to accomplish this? I have never been