Same Internal and External domain name

[abinkiwitz]

I am running Windows 2003 Server SP2 with Active Directory. I have the same internal and external domain name - mydomain.com.

On my Domain Controller, in my DNS forwarders, I currently have a DNS A record for "www.mydomain.com" which points to my external ISP's DNS server. When I type "www.mydomain.com" I go to my eternal website just fine - no problems.

My question - How do I get to my external domain name when I type "http://mydomain.com" or "mydomain.com" into the browser? I can't create another A record for "http://mydomain.com" because mydomain.com is also my local domain. Not a single forum has addressed this issue. (I've searched about 50 forums so far.)

 

[CircusMusic]

I would say you would have to use an external DNS and not the one running with active directory...

That's my current set up... but then I don't connect to my web server very much internally and if I do I connect by IP