Re: Static route not working for DNS

From: Marina Roos [SBS-MVP] (marina_at_roos.nodontwantspam.nl.com)
Date: 09/22/04 

Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 09:10:59 +0200

Hi Eugene,

Can you sort of diagram your network? It is not clear to me how the 2
routers are involved and where the 192.168.10.x is coming from. The plain
ipconfig looks good. 

-- 
Regards,
Marina
Microsoft SBS-MVP
"Eugene Tan" <insights-[dropthis]@post1.com> schreef in bericht
news:OAXAdxFoEHA.3908@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> hi,
>
> To clarify a bit, when the DNS on SBS2k3 has cached the domain,
> pings using the domain name resolve, but accessing the same site
> using domain name in IE doesn't resolve.  But using IP addr in IE
> works, except that if any link at the website refers to another
> subdomain (eg. app.abc.com.sg) or where the domain name is
> used, then this doesn't work.
>
> How come DNS can't resolve the name even though forwarders
> have been defined?  Why does it take a while before this can be
> resolved in command prompt?  And why does it not work in IE -
> shdn't a name that resolves in command prompt also resolve in IE?
>
> BTW, I've now received a hosts file for this private network.
> Would it help if I put it on the server?  Or how else can I get it to
> be saved/cached in DNS?
>
> Regards,
> Eugene Tan
>
> ===========================
> "Eugene Tan" <insights-[dropthis]@post1.com> wrote in message
> news:%23DoqBZ6nEHA.3072@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > hi,
> >
> > A customer has a SBS2k3 Premium with 2 NICs.  PCs need to
> > access a website that is on a private network (private IP addr).
> > Access is via dialup, and in pre-SBS setup this was done via a
> > static route in the main router pointing to another router with the
> > dialup (Win2k3 points to router1 for 0.0.0.0, and router1 points
> > to router3 with a static route for the private network,
> > e.g. 192.168.10.0),  this used to work so that even DNS could
> > work, i.e. www.abc.com worked.
> >
> > I've setup a static route (LAN routing) with RRAS and it works.
> > Using IE6 I can access the website using IP addr.
> >
> > I've also setup DNS with a forwarder - abc.com has the private
> > network's DNS as forwarders, eg. 192.168.10.4 and xxx.5..
> > (should it be *.abc.com?)  However, doing a ping to the website
> > domain name doesn't resolve after reboot in command prompt.
> > Just before reboot, ping to domain name did resolve, but names
> > didn't resolve in IE6 - looking for www.abc.com kept going to
> > the public Internet rather than going to the private network.
> >
> > What's the right way to do this?  What am I doing wrong?
> >
> > Also, I tried to configure a dialup route in ISA (routing) but the
> > dialup checkboxes are greyed out.  Even when RRAS is disabled.
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > TIA,
> > Eugene Tan
> >
> >
>
>

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