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kev   09-16-2004 at 09:16:43 PM

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Hi

Simple one.
Have just set up a domain, 1 DC at the moment and 10 XP
machines.
No connection to the outside world.
Am I right in just setting up a DNS caching server with
no forward/reverse zones.

I do have more questions to follow after I get this one
confirmed.

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Anonymous   09-17-2004 at 03:17:35 PM
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Hi Kev

You really need DNS set up on your DC with an AD Integrated zone that
corresponds to your internal name space. The zone should accept secure
dynamic updates. The DC and all of the clients should point to this server
as the "Preferred DNS Server" and you should have no "Alternate DNS Servers"
configured.

If at a later stage, you get an internet connection, you would configure a
forwarder on your DNS server that points to your ISP's DNS server.

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"Kev" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:288d01c49c3a$d8f90090$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi
>
> Simple one.
> Have just set up a domain, 1 DC at the moment and 10 XP
> machines.
> No connection to the outside world.
> Am I right in just setting up a DNS caching server with
> no forward/reverse zones.
>
> I do have more questions to follow after I get this one
> confirmed.

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Anonymous   09-17-2004 at 04:32:57 PM
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In news:288d01c49c3a$d8f90090$a601280a@phx.gbl,
Kev <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote their comments
Then Kevin replied below:
> Hi
>
> Simple one.
> Have just set up a domain, 1 DC at the moment and 10 XP
> machines.
> No connection to the outside world.
> Am I right in just setting up a DNS caching server with
> no forward/reverse zones.
>
> I do have more questions to follow after I get this one
> confirmed.

If there is no connection to the internet, and therefore no internet access,
there is no need for a caching DNS. I suggest you check the box "Disable
recursion" on the Advanced tab to prevent DNS from even trying to resolve
external names.
You must have one Forward Lookup Zone though, it must be the same name as
your AD Domain name in AD Users & Computers.


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Anonymous   09-19-2004 at 02:36:43 PM
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Thanks for the reply.
Next question.
We are thinking of setting up the network from scratch
again this week. New installation of W2k Server and
first DC in the new domain.
When I imput the name of the Server and the domain, what
should I be putting? I think this may be where I went
wrong originally.
Server name - MyServer
Domain - MyDomain.Local

Would that be the correct set up?

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Anonymous   09-19-2004 at 07:22:51 PM
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In news:25be01c49e5e$772563b0$a301280a@phx.gbl,
anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote their comments
Then Kevin replied below:
> Thanks for the reply.
> Next question.
> We are thinking of setting up the network from scratch
> again this week. New installation of W2k Server and
> first DC in the new domain.
> When I imput the name of the Server and the domain, what
> should I be putting?

I'm not exactly sure what you're asking, you don't input the server name
during DCPROMO, only the DNS domain name and NetBIOS domain name are entered
during dcpromo.

I think this may be where I went
> wrong originally.
> Server name - MyServer
> Domain - MyDomain.Local
>
> Would that be the correct set up?



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kev   09-19-2004 at 07:45:42 PM
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From your reply I now assume that the
DNS Domain Name would be MyDomain.Local
and
NetBIOS Domain Name would be MyDomain





>-----Original Message-----
>In news:25be01c49e5e$772563b0$a301280a@phx.gbl,
>anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
>wrote their comments
>Then Kevin replied below:
>> Thanks for the reply.
>> Next question.
>> We are thinking of setting up the network from scratch
>> again this week. New installation of W2k Server and
>> first DC in the new domain.
>> When I imput the name of the Server and the domain,
what
>> should I be putting?
>
>I'm not exactly sure what you're asking, you don't input
the server name
>during DCPROMO, only the DNS domain name and NetBIOS
domain name are entered
>during dcpromo.
>
>I think this may be where I went
>> wrong originally.
>> Server name - MyServer
>> Domain - MyDomain.Local
>>
>> Would that be the correct set up?
>
>
>
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>Best regards,
>Kevin D4 Dad Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
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Anonymous   09-19-2004 at 10:17:47 PM
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In news:27c301c49e89$a0e532e0$a301280a@phx.gbl,
Kev <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote their comments
Then Kevin replied below:
> From your reply I now assume that the
> DNS Domain Name would be MyDomain.Local
> and
> NetBIOS Domain Name would be MyDomain

Correct.



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