Re: domin naming convention?

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From: James (See.My.Sig_at_The.Bottom.com)
Date: 10/30/04 

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 17:49:43 -0700

how can i rename a domain? i didn't type .com when i made the domain. i
just typed a domain name i.e. "Microsoft" it appended the .com automaticly.

"Leythos" <void@nowhere.org> wrote in message
news:MPG.1becad408cd2b49898eb@news-server.columbus.rr.com...
> In article <OAbG69gvEHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>,
> See.My.Sig@The.Bottom.com says...
>> if my windows domain is Blahblah.com and then i deside to buy a vhost
>> called
>> Blahblah.com how should i configure my local domain to not think i want
>> to
>> browse to blahblah.com localy and to use the vhost one insted?
>
> Your windows domain should NOT have a top level identifier - don't use
> .COM, .ORG, .NET. anything that's on the live internet. Use .LAN or
> .LOCAL for your internal network.
>
> If you used domain.com and you didn't own domain.com, you might find
> that your DNS server is trying to communicate with the owner of
> domain.com's DNS server or other things.
>
> Rename your domain to domain.lan and then created a DNS server in the
> domain and entries for the real domain.com to point to it.
>
>
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