I have a simple W2K3 domain (domain.local) with only 1 AD Integrated DNS
Server.  To add resilience, I want to add another DNS Server.
I'm happy installing the DNS service on another of my AD Controllers, but
have a few queries about the configuration.

Hi;
I upgraded a file server to DC, that would be the 3rd dc in the network
(Dc-3). The plan is to remove the first domain DC-1 or to dcpromo it to
memeber server. The upgrade went fine, however when I do netdiag from the

hi, all, i have to reinstall my 2 dc with same domain name, the i want to
rejoin existing member server with this bew domain(with same dns name), then
i disjoin to a workgroup and the reboot. after this i try to run nslookup to
verify connectivity and i receive dns time out?????? ...

I have a win2k advanced server on a static ip.  I have 10-15 pc's on the
internet with dynamic ip's.  Reading about the Dynamic DNS Service I don't
quite understand is this a feature by which I can find out the ip of the
remote pc's.  If so can someone please point me a document ...

Hi, I'm hosting websites and I want to be able to create a bunch of small
websites that will run independently under one IP.
How can I point a domain, like "virtualsite.domain.com" to a directory
within a dedicated IP site?

I’m trying to harden our DNS servers. I currently have 2 servers (ns1 and
ns2). Ns1 is primary and ns2 is secondary. Neither are AD integrated.
I know that a secondary zone server only maintains a limited copy of the
zones and queries the primary for other information. So if the ...

We have decided to move our web hosting to a provider (vs. doing it
internally).
1) Everything is working fine outside our trusted network.
2) I changed the www entry for the domain to a (A) record pointing to the IP

I host many websites on Windows 2003 server. Sometimes I am in a
situation where I need to setup a subdomain that uses a 3rd party
software (such as a CMS application) that is installed on my Linux
box. Those two boxes are on totally different networks, and I want

Trying to configure round robin dns for a web site. Have the technote
Configuring Round Robin but not quite following it.
I have made three A records with the same name and different IP's and add
the dword reg key for Roundrobin set at 1.  Tracerouting shows it simply goes

I just checked my DNS servers and found out there are 5 to 6 event id 5504
everyday?  Is it normal?  BTW, also, the intenet speed is quite slow.
The event 5504 as:
Event Type:    Information

I'm looking at my DHCP Server settings from my XP Pro machine, so have to
Add Server, then tell it what server to add.
On the Add Server screen the second option is "This authorized DHCP server"
and in the list is my current DC server and my old DC that has been off for

We have DNS setup for our current domain and I have all the proper
entries so users get to my mail server via the internal ip instead of
the outside ip.
For example:

Starting last Sunday (day before memorial day), we started getting a
slew of critical errors in our logs, as well as lost functionality on
our domain:
We have three Domain Controllers at AD 2003 level. We also have two

I have a user that is trying to send e-mail to another user in a different
domain; however, the message gets a bounce back. every time  We are able to
send e-mail to most external domains except two or three (as of now).  I'm
assuming this is some sort of DNS issue but I'm not ...

Can I add a stand alone server to my dns list?  This server is not a member
of the domain.  When I tried adding it I noticed the domain name is
appending to it.
Thanks!