Re: DNS delegation not working

From: Ace Fekay [MVP] (PleaseSubstituteMyActualFirstName&LastNameHere_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/26/04 

Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 22:33:48 -0500

In news:14d601c3fbbe$aba65ab0$a501280a@phx.gbl,
Bill <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> posted their thoughts, then I
offered mine
> I have two domains, parent and child, and want to delegate
> the child domain as a separate DNS namespace. I've DNS
> running on a DC in the child domain and the parent
> domain. I've delegated the child domain in DNS from the
> parent domain zone and added the DNS server of the child
> domain to the delegated zone's properties NS tab.

That's all you should do...

> I've
> also added a NS record to the parent zone's properties NS
> tab.

Not necessary. The delegation take care of all of this.

> From the child domain I want to forward back to the
> parent domain for resolution, which is working fine, but
> when trying to resolve names of clients in the child
> domain, it does not work. I read something about glue
> records, one of them being an A record, but am unsure how
> that is supposed to be added.

Don't need it. You would use a Stub zone with an A record, but that
feature's only available with W2k3 DNS.

> I've created an A record in
> the parent domain of the DNS server of the child domain,
> but am not sure if that is right.

Don't need it. The delegation should work.

> Is anyone aware of
> something I've done wrong or am missing?
>
> thank you,
> Bill

I'm starting to think you may have performed the delegation incorrectly.
When you delegate, you rt-click on your parent zone, new delegation, then
all you type in is the child zone name prefix and not the whole zone name,
such as for child1.yourdomain.com, all you type in is 'child1' (without the
quotes) and the wizard will add the zone suffix of 'yourdomain.com'. Then
set a forwarder from the child to the parent, then set a forwarder from the
parent to the ISP.

Here's more info....
255248 - HOW TO Create a Child Domain in Active Directory and Delegate the
DNS Namespace to the Child Domain:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=255248 

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Regards,
Ace
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Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory
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