Re: DNS Event ID 7063

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From: Ace Fekay [MVP] (PleaseSubstituteMyActualFirstName&LastNameHere_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 04/01/04 

Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 12:12:11 -0500

In news:1402601c417ed$9f74daa0$a601280a@phx.gbl,
anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
posted their thoughts, then I offered mine
> The architecture is a forest root domain with two DNS
> servers that are also the domain controllers.
> The child domain has domain controllers that are also DNS
> servers, all of the child domain DNS servers forward to
> the root domain DNS servers.
> The root domain DNS servers have a delegated zone for the
> child domain DNS zone. The root domain DNS servers
> forward to root hints.
>

Unless we're skewing the terminology here, then it's pretty much as Kevin
said, you can't configure a forwarder to forward to a Root Hint server (one
of those 13 Root Hint nameservers that show up in your Root Hints tab).

Configure a forwarder at the Root domain DNS to forward to your ISP, not an
ISC Root Hint nameserver. Those two addresses Kevin gave you will work (they
are not Root Hint servers). If you want to use your Root hints, uncheck the
forwarding option. 

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Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
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