Internal DNS Entry

[glennda]

I am trying to set up an internal DNS entry for a sub domain of ours to work inside school - i am trying to add the DNS entry for sub.domain.org.uk to our DNS server but obviously it just appends the name with domain.internal address

 

What is it that i need to set up to make this work? do i need to add another lookup zone or something like that?

 

Thanks

 

Toby

[SYNACK]

Yeap, just make a new zone as below and it will foward it happily for you to the internal address.

 

http://www.edugeek.net/forums/windows/32089-dns-forwarding.html#post303240

You need to do as below because as soon as you set it as a record on your DNS it is authorotive:

Re: Non authoritative domain on Windows Server 2003

You could create a zone called "hostname.domainname.com" and then within

that zone create a blank host A record (same as parent) pointing to the

relevant internal IP

 

Then your server would only be authorative for the zone "hostname.domainname.

com"and any records within that zone (such as the same as parent host record

you need)

 

Only drawback to this is you have to create a separate DNS zone for each host

and a same as parent record but it works

 

or in a different wording

I would just make a new forward lookup zone of moodle.domain.com (I assume on zone is domain.com) and create a blank A record with the IP.

That *should* work?

[glennda]

okay im guessing will need to set it up as a primary zone correct?

[SYNACK]

Yes as you are making a new zone that does not require any additional information or updates from other sources higher up the DNS foodchain. Edited March 11, 2010 by SYNACK

[glennda]

cushty all working thanks very much