Thanks Phillip Windell

With DSL
(borrowed linksys) Route
Private side IP# = 192.168.2.5
Public side IP# = Set by ISP's DHC

DC/DN
IP# = 192.168.2.1 / Subnet 255.255.255.
Default gateway = 192.168.2.5
Preffered DNS = 127.0.0.1 (loopback address, it points to itself
DNS configuration uses Forwarders pointing to ISP's DN

Client machine
IP# = 192.168.2.2 thru 192.168.2.254 / Subnet 255.255.255.
Default gateway = 192.168.2.5
Preferred DNS = 192.168.2.

Okay, I got it now based on your explanation from the above. I was reading some book and I could have sworn that they said the Preferred DNS was the actual server IP. Maybe I miss read it when it said back to itself.

In the above You have the DNS + DC on one machine, what would the configuration be like if the DNS was on a member server and the DC was just the DC? Can you show me what the DC configuration would be like? I assume the DNS configuration stays the same.

Do you know of any good through + easy to read books about windows DNS?

"noobtech" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Okay, I got it now based on your explanation from the above. I was reading
some book and I could have sworn that they said the Preferred DNS was the
actual server IP. Maybe I miss read it when it said back to itself.

You could also use the regular IP of the machine, but it is safer to use
127.0.0.1 because that will always be there even if the Nic or the patch
cable has a failure. Active Directory Requires DNS to run and if during
bootup (or anytime) Active Directory can't find the DNS there is trouble,
having it access DNS by the loopback is more dependable.

> In the above You have the DNS + DC on one machine, what would the
configuration be like if the DNS was on a member server and the DC was just
the DC? Can you show me what the DC configuration would be like? I assume
the DNS configuration stays the same.

Active Directory isn't my specialty, I focus on Topology, Routing, and
Firewalls/Proxys, but to my knowledge it will always be on the DC. Active
Directory (the Domain) requires DNS to run, therefore DSN will always be on
the DC and all clients, in order to participate in Active Directory must use
the DNS that Active Directory is tied to. Even if there is DNS running on
something else, there will still be the primary one on the DC(s).

> Do you know of any good through + easy to read books about windows DNS?

I don't know of any books, this link goes to a page with a series of other
links all devoted to the subject.

DNS Server Top Support Articles - Microsoft Service Providers
http://www.microsoft.com/serviceprov...upport/dns.asp

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Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com

I did an experiment

Installed DNS on (non-domain) member server. Made it a primary DNS server for "mydomain.com"
Made another server the Domain controller for "mydomain.com", during the installation, active directory detected the DNS server and AD installed with no problems.

So far everything works. But from what I can tell, DNS is not fully intergrated into AD, it seems like partial intergration.
now I'm wondering how I would intergrate DNS into AD in such a situation.

As this machine is not part of the mydomain.com i'm wondering what will happen when I make it join the domain.

Just follow the links in my last post. They will be more acuarte than
anything I would say.


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Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com


"noobtech" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I did an experiment:
>
> Installed DNS on (non-domain) member server. Made it a primary DNS server
for "mydomain.com"
> Made another server the Domain controller for "mydomain.com", during the
installation, active directory detected the DNS server and AD installed with
no problems.
>
> So far everything works. But from what I can tell, DNS is not fully
intergrated into AD, it seems like partial intergration.
> now I'm wondering how I would intergrate DNS into AD in such a situation.
>
> As this machine is not part of the mydomain.com i'm wondering what will
happen when I make it join the domain.
>