Guest Jake Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 Hi, In a w2003 domain (mydomain.lan) we have a linux intranett server we want users to access by entering intranet.lan. I opened DNS / Forward Lookup Zones / Mydomain.lan, selected New Host (A) and entered intranet.lan and its IP address in the record. I noticed that a new folder named lan was created under Mydomain.lan and it contained the host entry intranet with corresponding IP address. However it does not resolve. If we enter a non-dotted name it resolves nicely. What do we need to do to have a dotted name like this resolve via a win dns server? thanks for suggestions Jake
Guest Steve Goddard Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 RE: Add dotted name in dns forward zone Here's a suggestion, I'm a bit rusty on DNS but I think any windows host is seeing the .ian as a domain therefore you will need to create a new zone called ian in your root domain and enter the one A record of mydomain. -- Steve G. MCSA 2003 +M "Jake" wrote: > Hi, > > In a w2003 domain (mydomain.lan) we have a linux intranett server we > want users to access by entering intranet.lan. > > I opened DNS / Forward Lookup Zones / Mydomain.lan, selected New Host > (A) and entered intranet.lan and its IP address in the record. > > I noticed that a new folder named lan was created under Mydomain.lan and > it contained the host entry intranet with corresponding IP address. > > However it does not resolve. If we enter a non-dotted name it resolves > nicely. What do we need to do to have a dotted name like this resolve > via a win dns server? > > thanks for suggestions > > Jake > > >
Guest Jake Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 Re: Add dotted name in dns forward zone Steve Goddard skreiv: > Here's a suggestion, I'm a bit rusty on DNS but I think any windows host is > seeing the .ian as a domain therefore you will need to create a new zone > called ian in your root domain and enter the one A record of mydomain. > > That worked nicely! tnx a lot ;-)
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