domin naming convention?

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if my windows domain is Blahblah.com and then i deside to buy a vhost called
Blahblah.com how should i configure my local domain to not think i want to
browse to blahblah.com localy and to use the vhost one insted?



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how can i rename a domain? i didn't type .com when i made the domain. i
just typed a domain name i.e. "Microsoft" it appended the .com automaticly.


"Leythos" <void@nowhere.org> wrote in message
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> In article <OAbG69gvEHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>,
> See.My.Sig@The.Bottom.com says...
>> if my windows domain is Blahblah.com and then i deside to buy a vhost
>> called
>> Blahblah.com how should i configure my local domain to not think i want
>> to
>> browse to blahblah.com localy and to use the vhost one insted?
>
> Your windows domain should NOT have a top level identifier - don't use
> .COM, .ORG, .NET. anything that's on the live internet. Use .LAN or
> .LOCAL for your internal network.
>
> If you used domain.com and you didn't own domain.com, you might find
> that your DNS server is trying to communicate with the owner of
> domain.com's DNS server or other things.
>
> Rename your domain to domain.lan and then created a DNS server in the
> domain and entries for the real domain.com to point to it.
>
>
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Thought the default is .local?
Mike D
"Leythos" <void@nowhere.org> wrote in message
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> In article <uPGoZphvEHA.2520@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl>,
> See.My.Sig@The.Bottom.com says...
>> how can i rename a domain? i didn't type .com when i made the domain. i
>> just typed a domain name i.e. "Microsoft" it appended the .com
>> automaticly.
>
> Changing the domain is a total pain on 2000 and before, it means you are
> going to have to start over for the most part. When you say that you
> didn't type one, you, in effect did - by accepting the default.
>
> I've made several mistakes in my naming systems, first was to select a
> domain name of STORM.COM (since I was playing with stormy waters in my
> opinion) - had lots of DNS issues with the company that owned the site
> STORM.COM. Then I did a domain as just "MyCompany" with no extension -
> what a mess, all sorts of problems with DNS and domain authentication...
> Now, years later, I use domain.lan for local networks, even when they
> provide public access. I use NAT through the firewall to map and for
> SMTP I use the firewall to rename everything being sent as SMTP as
> domain.com so that it resolves properly on a reverse lookup.
>
> I don't know a simple way to rename your domain at the root level, maybe
> someone here can chime in with a simple method. Once you rename the
> domain I think you're going to loose all the existing user profiles and
> such.
>
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Mike D wrote:
> Thought the default is .local?

In SBS 2003 (and possibly in W2003 also) it suggests this, but not in W2k,
for sure.

> Mike D
> "Leythos" <void@nowhere.org> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1becc8e326aef7889898ec@news-server.columbus.rr.com...
>> In article <uPGoZphvEHA.2520@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl>,
>> See.My.Sig@The.Bottom.com says...
>>> how can i rename a domain? i didn't type .com when i made the
>>> domain. i just typed a domain name i.e. "Microsoft" it appended
>>> the .com automaticly.
>>
>> Changing the domain is a total pain on 2000 and before, it means you
>> are going to have to start over for the most part. When you say that
>> you didn't type one, you, in effect did - by accepting the default.
>>
>> I've made several mistakes in my naming systems, first was to select
>> a domain name of STORM.COM (since I was playing with stormy waters
>> in my opinion) - had lots of DNS issues with the company that owned
>> the site STORM.COM. Then I did a domain as just "MyCompany" with no
>> extension - what a mess, all sorts of problems with DNS and domain
>> authentication... Now, years later, I use domain.lan for local
>> networks, even when they provide public access. I use NAT through
>> the firewall to map and for SMTP I use the firewall to rename
>> everything being sent as SMTP as domain.com so that it resolves
>> properly on a reverse lookup.
>>
>> I don't know a simple way to rename your domain at the root level,
>> maybe someone here can chime in with a simple method. Once you
>> rename the domain I think you're going to loose all the existing
>> user profiles and such.
>>
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>> --
>> spamfree999@rrohio.com
>> (Remove 999 to reply to me)