Re: fowaders

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From: Ace Fekay [MVP] (PleaseSubstituteMyActualFirstName&LastNameHere_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/12/04 

Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 19:27:50 -0400

In news:x5JSc.119677$28.115007@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk,
Chris Harries <kicken18@hotmail.com> made a post then I commented below
> bascially i have my server which is main server (i am trying to set up
> exchange 2003) i then havea router then on to the ISP. Now i have
> port 53 on the router open but i dont no wether my ISP's or router's
> IP's go in the 'fowaders' section of DNS properties. My main problem
> i am trying to resolve is this
>
> Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\CHRIS
> Starting test: Connectivity
> CHRIS's server GUID DNS name could not be resolved to an
> IP address. Check the DNS server, DHCP, server name, etc
> Although the Guid DNS name
> (6d8d62dc-6cdd-44e2-9d35-1e28f3d1fdc7._msdcs.localhost)
> couldn't be resolved, the server name (chris.localhost)
> resolved to the IP
> address
> (192.168.0.7) and was pingable. Check that the IP address is
> registered correctly with the DNS server.
> ......................... CHRIS failed test Connectivity
>
> and i think it may have something to do with the fowaders bit
>
> Regards
> Chris
>

Chris, looks like you have a single label DNS domain name. Not good at all,
unless you munged the name.

Is your domain called "localhost" and not "localhost.com" or localhost.net"
or "localhost.chris" ?

If so, this can be the cause of all your problems. 

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