Re: Internal/External domains different.

From: Larry (riding_at_my.valkyrie)
Date: 07/29/04 

Date: 29 Jul 2004 17:33:04 GMT

"Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]" <admin@nospam.WFTX.US> wrote in
news:eZmIHtYdEHA.3260@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl:

> In news:Xns9535649AC3B52ridingmyvalkyrie@206.66.12.209,
> Larry <riding@my.valkyrie> posted a question
> Then Kevin replied below:
>> I'll see if I can describe this accurately...
>> I want to entirely hide or internal domain name as it is
>> currently the previous name of our company. Our DNS is
>> registered as ns1 and ns2.external.com but the SOA shows
>> up as NetBIOS-name.internal.com. Now I know I can go to
>> "System Properties/Network
>> Identification/Properties/More... and set the "Primary
>> DNS Suffix" for this machine to external.com but the
>> NetBIOS machine name is still prepended to that suffix.
>>
>> Couple of questions... If I change the "Primary DNS
>> Suffix" for this machine is the whole DNS gonna blow up
>> on me? How can I get rid of the NetBIOS name? Is a CNAME
>> the answer?
>
> It depends if Active Directory is in use. Is DNS on a Domain
> Controller?
>
> If it isn't then you can change the SOA record, if AD is in use and
> the zone is stored in AD you can't change it because when the zone
> reloads it will revert to the machine name.
>
>
>

It's not using AD nor is it on a DC. Is it safe to assume that changing the
Primary DNS Suffix is then OK? What about the NetBios name?

Relevant Pages

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    (microsoft.public.win2000.dns)
  • Re: Windows 2003 Name Server
    ... host - as you had said - and everything is fine. ... manually created zone file, but my rushed typing kind of messed up my point. ... >> NS1 instead of the netbios name. ... >> This record should list the DNS server authoritative for your domain. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.dns)
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  • Re: Windows 2003 Name Server
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