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Michelle Hillard

2003-11-03, 11:25 pm

Guys,

At home, I want to have a DNS server with the domain www.testdomain.com.au
It will resolve all internal DNS queries on my internal nework.
Does this mean it is a primary DNS for the zone www.testdomain.com.au?
If that is so, and I want all internal clients to be able to browse the web,
do I set up on my DNS server (Windows 2000),
a primary DNS zone, where my primary DNS/SOA is my internal DNS, and have it
forward all internet queries to my ISP DNS Server?
Does the ISP DNS server become my secondary DNS Server if I forward DNS
queries to it, or is it just set up as a forwarder?
If I was to set up my own DNS server, with internal name resolution done by
my own DNS, and have internet name resolution done by my ISP, then what is
the best configuration?

I was under the assumption that if you set up your own DNS Server, you need
1 primary and 1 secondary DNS server.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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2003-11-03, 11:25 pm

Michelle Hillard wrote:

> Guys,
>
> At home, I want to have a DNS server with the domain www.testdomain.com.au
> It will resolve all internal DNS queries on my internal nework.
> Does this mean it is a primary DNS for the zone www.testdomain.com.au?
> If that is so, and I want all internal clients to be able to browse the web,
> do I set up on my DNS server (Windows 2000),
> a primary DNS zone, where my primary DNS/SOA is my internal DNS, and have it
> forward all internet queries to my ISP DNS Server?
> Does the ISP DNS server become my secondary DNS Server if I forward DNS
> queries to it, or is it just set up as a forwarder?
> If I was to set up my own DNS server, with internal name resolution done by
> my own DNS, and have internet name resolution done by my ISP, then what is
> the best configuration?
>
> I was under the assumption that if you set up your own DNS Server, you need
> 1 primary and 1 secondary DNS server.
>

You only need 1 DNS and forward to the internet. Like most people you are
thinking to deep into DNS its just a big database for resolving IP's to names
and visa versa so your primary will resolve names on your private network and
when the pc's need the internet they will be forwarded to your ISP.

Kurt L

2003-11-04, 1:26 am

Actually, neither one of the things you describe is correct. Your server
will be the DNS server for both the internal address space and the internet.
Just make sure your DNS server has acess to the internet (root servers).
Your DNS server will be either a primary zone or an Active Directory
Integrated zone. You cannot add records to a secondary zone. No other DNS
servers are required.
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> Guys,
>
> At home, I want to have a DNS server with the domain www.testdomain.com.au
> It will resolve all internal DNS queries on my internal nework.
> Does this mean it is a primary DNS for the zone www.testdomain.com.au?
> If that is so, and I want all internal clients to be able to browse the
web,
> do I set up on my DNS server (Windows 2000),
> a primary DNS zone, where my primary DNS/SOA is my internal DNS, and have
it
> forward all internet queries to my ISP DNS Server?
> Does the ISP DNS server become my secondary DNS Server if I forward DNS
> queries to it, or is it just set up as a forwarder?
> If I was to set up my own DNS server, with internal name resolution done
by
> my own DNS, and have internet name resolution done by my ISP, then what is
> the best configuration?
>
> I was under the assumption that if you set up your own DNS Server, you
need
> 1 primary and 1 secondary DNS server.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
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