Configuring DNS Server on Win 2003 Srvr

[Bobba Buoy]

I currently use a Windows 2003 Server as a web server for several of my web sites that have there dns servers elsewhere. I want to configure this server as a dns server as well to use initially for a new website. Once I get it up-n-running I will probably use it as a dns server for the others as well. In the meantime, will it cause any problems for my existing sites (whose dns servers are elsewhere) to install/configure the DNS Server on this server? If not, is there anything I need to know or be careful of as I do this?

Thanks!

[corey84]

There should be no problems with configuring your own DNS server. Becuse of the way DNS works, if your server doesn't have the address of what your looking for it will look to its root hints and point you in the right direction (BTW DNS Root Hints should be automatically configured when you install dns)

[Bobba Buoy]

Thanks but I can't seem to get it to work. I have DNS installed on my server but I am not able to get it to find it.

[afterburn]

Use the confiruation wizard to correctly setup the options. Then open DNS MMC and add the zone you need, the configuration wiz wants the name of the machine and such that it will be configured as in DNS.

Create the zone after everything is correctly setup. ZOnes are the domains, then you can create the A,CName and MX records you need. You should set the SOA record to point to the machines SOA.

[NerdLib]

Thanks but I can't seem to get it to work. I have DNS installed on my server but I am not able to get it to find it.


Do you have forwarders installed?

I s this stand alone?

Can you give us a brief topologoy?

[afterburn]

forwards are not needed. It would be standalone if he just created it and doesn't really understand the structure or the methods of DNS.