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Need on help set up DNS for Intranet
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| LIMMC123 2002-03-02, 1:26 am |
| Can anyone show me how to set DNS for intranet(without any connection to internet)?...
Your help will be appreciated...TQ | |
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| I would love to, but you need to give us more info on the network itself, and what you will be using DNS for... | |
| unreal 2002-03-02, 8:18 am |
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Originally posted by LIMMC123
Can anyone show me how to set DNS for intranet(without any connection to internet)?...
Your help will be appreciated...TQ
Did you saw Wbafrank's 216 SAT Question of the day ? Wait for Tomorrow's answer ! | |
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Did you saw Wbafrank's 216 SAT Question of the day ? Wait for Tomorrow's answer !
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| jeff_j_black 2002-03-02, 10:05 am |
| Without a connection to the internet, you will be able to configure your DNS Zone in two different manners AD Integrated, or Primary. You would first need a 2k server.
The easiest way (not neccessarily the best way) to create your DNS zone it to promote a fresh server build (member server) to a Domain Controller. The only prerequisite here would be setting a fixed IP address for this server. Running dcpromo at the command line will begin the process. From here, you will name your Domain, choose and configure your DNS zone type, and configure options for Active Directory file locations.
You will have the most fun if you configure DNS zones for Dynamic Update and configure a DHCP server on your network as well. This will allow you to configure DHCP to populate your DNS zone with client information automatically. 2k clients can do this on their own.
Don't forget to create a Reverse Look-up zone and I like to make a separate WINS-Lookup zone as well. This will give you plenty to look over and learn about DNS. | |
| LIMMC123 2002-03-03, 6:03 am |
| My network consist of two computers; one as a server and another as a workstation. Actually, I want to set up a domain controller without any access to the internet. I did manage to set up a domain controller without connecting to internet using Windows 2000 Server Beta 3. I used ¡§Configure Your Server¡¨ to set it up and give it a domain name of ¡§abc.local¡¨. I get this error massage* when I tried set up a Domain Controller using Windows 2000 Advanced Server. By the way, what¡¦s the different between hub and switch? TQ ¡Kƒº
*The error massage:
¡§Active Directory Installation Failed
The operation failed with the following error.
The network location cannot be reached. ¡§ | |
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| jeff_j_black 2002-03-03, 7:46 am |
| The error you are getting indicates that you are having connectivity issues, Are you installing Advanced on the existing 2k beta server or on the second computer that you have as workstation? If you are creating an additional domain controller in a domain, it must be able to contact an existing one.
A switch is typically better than a hub with features like:
The ability to plug 10Mbps and 100Mbps devices into its ports and it will service each device accordingly.
A 10/100 switch is typically able to provide up to the full 100Mbps bandwidth to each port, whereas a hub would divide the bandwidth between its ports.
You can typically operate your devices in 'Full Duplex' mode on a switch. This allows two-way traffic to operate at the same time, providing a theoretical doubling of the hardware bandwidth.
Both the hub and the switch operate on the same basic ethernet standards, in terms of cabling etc. Just make sure, when troubleshooting connectivity on hubs and ports, that you take into account the crossover port. This is usually the first or last port on the hub and sometimes it is separate. Sometimes it is switchable, manually and sometimes it is automatic. A crossover port connects one hub to another and usually uses a cross-over cable which crosses the two pairs of wires in an ethernet cable, internally. Normal cables have the two pairs wired straight-through. | |
| LIMMC123 2002-03-06, 3:51 am |
| Thanks...you guys are really knowlegeable. Now, i am able to set up a Domain Controller without connecting to internet. Is it possible to do it using a static IP address?
Again TQ | |
| jeff_j_black 2002-03-06, 8:06 pm |
| You do not need to connect to the internet to promote a domain controller. You do need a fixed IP address to promote a domain controller. | |
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You do not need to connect to the internet to promote a domain controller. You do need a fixed IP address to promote a domain controller.
Perfect answer. All you need to promote a domain controller is a DNS server, and an account with the rights to perform the upgrade. You also need to go to your run command and type dccpromo  |
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