DNS & Domain Name Issues

We are doing support for a new company now, and have had an odd issue
come up, and looking for an easy way to resolve it.

The issue is the server name is express and the domain is
microsoft.com

prior to us getting there the dns address on each pc were 4.2.2.2 and
4.2.2.1 with no group policy set-up or anything. Well they wanted
group policy turned on so we set the dns of each pc to be
10.225.109.190 and 192 which is the ip address of the server 03 box.
We are not running an exchange server or any internal web sites. well
everything works fine except if you try to access a microsoft.com site
it can't find it becuase obviously it is looking internally. Is there
a way to either Forward those look-ups to the outside, or an easy way
to remain the domain without causing huge issues?



thanks

You may need to change the DNS record. this seraph result may help,

Troubleshooting DNSWhy I can't perform external name resolution to the root hint servers on the Internet. Why our web site doesn't work internally ...
www.chicagotech.net/dnstroubleshooting.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"SoundMan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed) oups.com...
We are doing support for a new company now, and have had an odd issue
come up, and looking for an easy way to resolve it.

The issue is the server name is express and the domain is
microsoft.com

prior to us getting there the dns address on each pc were 4.2.2.2 and
4.2.2.1 with no group policy set-up or anything. Well they wanted
group policy turned on so we set the dns of each pc to be
10.225.109.190 and 192 which is the ip address of the server 03 box.
We are not running an exchange server or any internal web sites. well
everything works fine except if you try to access a microsoft.com site
it can't find it becuase obviously it is looking internally. Is there
a way to either Forward those look-ups to the outside, or an easy way
to remain the domain without causing huge issues?



thanks

They need to rename their domain or create a new domain and migrate to it.
That was totally stupid for them to use that as the name. Since there is no
Exchange, renaming shouldn't be a big problem.

They also need to use an RFC Private Address range and not 4.?.?.? that was
also totally stupid for them to do.

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The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
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"SoundMan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) oups.com...
> We are doing support for a new company now, and have had an odd issue
> come up, and looking for an easy way to resolve it.
>
> The issue is the server name is express and the domain is
> microsoft.com
>
> prior to us getting there the dns address on each pc were 4.2.2.2 and
> 4.2.2.1 with no group policy set-up or anything. Well they wanted
> group policy turned on so we set the dns of each pc to be
> 10.225.109.190 and 192 which is the ip address of the server 03 box.
> We are not running an exchange server or any internal web sites. well
> everything works fine except if you try to access a microsoft.com site
> it can't find it becuase obviously it is looking internally. Is there
> a way to either Forward those look-ups to the outside, or an easy way
> to remain the domain without causing huge issues?
>
>
>
> thanks
>

In this article it covers

Can't open an external website using the same network domain name

Create a DNS record for pointing to the www with the public IP.



How do i create a dns record?

On Aug 17, 10:19 am, "Robert L [MVP - Networking]"
<nore...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> You may need to change the DNS record. this seraph result may help,
>
> Troubleshooting DNSWhy I can't perform external name resolution to the root hint servers on the Internet. Why our web site doesn't work internally ...
> www.chicagotech.net/dnstroubleshooting.htm
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting onhttp://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access onhttp://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "SoundMan" <e...@esl-usa.com> wrote in messagenews:(E-Mail Removed) ooglegroups.com...
> We are doing support for a new company now, and have had an odd issue
> come up, and looking for an easy way to resolve it.
>
> The issue is the server name is express and the domain is
> microsoft.com
>
> prior to us getting there the dns address on each pc were 4.2.2.2 and
> 4.2.2.1 with no group policy set-up or anything. Well they wanted
> group policy turned on so we set the dns of each pc to be
> 10.225.109.190 and 192 which is the ip address of the server 03 box.
> We are not running an exchange server or any internal web sites. well
> everything works fine except if you try to access a microsoft.com site
> it can't find it becuase obviously it is looking internally. Is there
> a way to either Forward those look-ups to the outside, or an easy way
> to remain the domain without causing huge issues?
>
> thanks

http://www.simongibson.com/intranet/dns2003/
=>8. Adding a new Host:
Name: www
IP the public IP

--
Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com


"SoundMan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) ups.com...
> In this article it covers
>
> Can't open an external website using the same network domain name
>
> Create a DNS record for pointing to the www with the public IP.
>
>
>
> How do i create a dns record?
>
> On Aug 17, 10:19 am, "Robert L [MVP - Networking]"
> <nore...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> You may need to change the DNS record. this seraph result may help,
>>
>> Troubleshooting DNSWhy I can't perform external name resolution to the
>> root hint servers on the Internet. Why our web site doesn't work
>> internally ...
>> www.chicagotech.net/dnstroubleshooting.htm
>>
>> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
>> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting
>> onhttp://www.ChicagoTech.net
>> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access
>> onhttp://www.HowToNetworking.com
>> "SoundMan" <e...@esl-usa.com> wrote in
>> messagenews:(E-Mail Removed) ooglegroups.com...
>> We are doing support for a new company now, and have had an odd issue
>> come up, and looking for an easy way to resolve it.
>>
>> The issue is the server name is express and the domain is
>> microsoft.com
>>
>> prior to us getting there the dns address on each pc were 4.2.2.2 and
>> 4.2.2.1 with no group policy set-up or anything. Well they wanted
>> group policy turned on so we set the dns of each pc to be
>> 10.225.109.190 and 192 which is the ip address of the server 03 box.
>> We are not running an exchange server or any internal web sites. well
>> everything works fine except if you try to access a microsoft.com site
>> it can't find it becuase obviously it is looking internally. Is there
>> a way to either Forward those look-ups to the outside, or an easy way
>> to remain the domain without causing huge issues?
>>
>> thanks
>
>

what are the options if the website we need to forward to does not
have a public static ip? ie it is on a shared hosted server?



On Aug 17, 6:09 pm, "Mathieu CHATEAU" <gollum...@free.fr> wrote:
> http://www.simongibson.com/intranet/dns2003/
> =>8. Adding a new Host:
> Name: www
> IP the public IP
>
> --
> Cordialement,
> Mathieu CHATEAUhttp://lordoftheping.blogspot.com
>
> "SoundMan" <e...@esl-usa.com> wrote in message
>
> news:(E-Mail Removed) ups.com...
>
> > In this article it covers
>
> > Can't open an external website using the same network domain name
>
> > Create a DNS record for pointing to the www with the public IP.
>
> > How do i create a dns record?
>
> > On Aug 17, 10:19 am, "Robert L [MVP - Networking]"
> > <nore...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> You may need to change the DNS record. this seraph result may help,
>
> >> Troubleshooting DNSWhy I can't perform external name resolution to the
> >> root hint servers on the Internet. Why our web site doesn't work
> >> internally ...
> >> www.chicagotech.net/dnstroubleshooting.htm
>
> >> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> >> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting
> >> onhttp://www.ChicagoTech.net
> >> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access
> >> onhttp://www.HowToNetworking.com
> >> "SoundMan" <e...@esl-usa.com> wrote in
> >> messagenews:(E-Mail Removed) ooglegroups.com...
> >> We are doing support for a new company now, and have had an odd issue
> >> come up, and looking for an easy way to resolve it.
>
> >> The issue is the server name is express and the domain is
> >> microsoft.com
>
> >> prior to us getting there the dns address on each pc were 4.2.2.2 and
> >> 4.2.2.1 with no group policy set-up or anything. Well they wanted
> >> group policy turned on so we set the dns of each pc to be
> >> 10.225.109.190 and 192 which is the ip address of the server 03 box.
> >> We are not running an exchange server or any internal web sites. well
> >> everything works fine except if you try to access a microsoft.com site
> >> it can't find it becuase obviously it is looking internally. Is there
> >> a way to either Forward those look-ups to the outside, or an easy way
> >> to remain the domain without causing huge issues?
>
> >> thanks

hello,

you must use virtual host header in IIS.
You will tell him that this website correspond to www.mywebsite.com
So only http request to this domain will be binded to this virtual IIS site.

How to create a new virtual server or Web site in Internet Information
Services (IIS) 6.0
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816576/en-us


--
Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com


"SoundMan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) oups.com...
> what are the options if the website we need to forward to does not
> have a public static ip? ie it is on a shared hosted server?
>
>
>
> On Aug 17, 6:09 pm, "Mathieu CHATEAU" <gollum...@free.fr> wrote:
>> http://www.simongibson.com/intranet/dns2003/
>> =>8. Adding a new Host:
>> Name: www
>> IP the public IP
>>
>> --
>> Cordialement,
>> Mathieu CHATEAUhttp://lordoftheping.blogspot.com
>>
>> "SoundMan" <e...@esl-usa.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:(E-Mail Removed) ups.com...
>>
>> > In this article it covers
>>
>> > Can't open an external website using the same network domain name
>>
>> > Create a DNS record for pointing to the www with the public IP.
>>
>> > How do i create a dns record?
>>
>> > On Aug 17, 10:19 am, "Robert L [MVP - Networking]"
>> > <nore...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >> You may need to change the DNS record. this seraph result may help,
>>
>> >> Troubleshooting DNSWhy I can't perform external name resolution to the
>> >> root hint servers on the Internet. Why our web site doesn't work
>> >> internally ...
>> >> www.chicagotech.net/dnstroubleshooting.htm
>>
>> >> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
>> >> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting
>> >> onhttp://www.ChicagoTech.net
>> >> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access
>> >> onhttp://www.HowToNetworking.com
>> >> "SoundMan" <e...@esl-usa.com> wrote in
>> >> messagenews:(E-Mail Removed) ooglegroups.com...
>> >> We are doing support for a new company now, and have had an odd
>> >> issue
>> >> come up, and looking for an easy way to resolve it.
>>
>> >> The issue is the server name is express and the domain is
>> >> microsoft.com
>>
>> >> prior to us getting there the dns address on each pc were 4.2.2.2
>> >> and
>> >> 4.2.2.1 with no group policy set-up or anything. Well they wanted
>> >> group policy turned on so we set the dns of each pc to be
>> >> 10.225.109.190 and 192 which is the ip address of the server 03 box.
>> >> We are not running an exchange server or any internal web sites.
>> >> well
>> >> everything works fine except if you try to access a microsoft.com
>> >> site
>> >> it can't find it becuase obviously it is looking internally. Is
>> >> there
>> >> a way to either Forward those look-ups to the outside, or an easy
>> >> way
>> >> to remain the domain without causing huge issues?
>>
>> >> thanks
>
>