Re: Name resolution across domains

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From: Brian Desmond [MVP] (desmondb_at_payton.cps.k12.il.us)
Date: 02/09/04 

Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 21:45:38 -0600

Joe-

The D2 and D1 zones should be configured as "Active Directory Integrated"
and setup to replicate to all domain controllers in the forest. You can find
these settings in the properties of the zones in DNS mgmt. 

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Brian Desmond
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"Joe Ross" <joeross252@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> We have just added a second domain to our AD forest.  We're still working
> out the kinks, but we have one problem that I'd like to resolve quickly.
> For this example, let's say the original domain is D1.company.com and the
> new domain is D2.company.com.
>
> Computers in D2 can resolve the names of all computers in D1 by using
fully
> qualified names (e.g. pc1.d1.company.com).  This is great.  However,
> computers in D1 cannot resolve the names of any computer in D2.  I believe
> this is because the DNS server for D2 has two forward lookup zones:
> D2.company.com and _msdcs.D1.company.com.  The DNS server for D1 also has
2
> forward lookup zones, but they appear to be identical: D1.company.com and
> _msdcs.D1.company.com.
>
> It seems that when D2 was created and added to the existing forest already
> containing D1, D1's DNS server did not get a forward lookup zone entry for
> D2.  D1, however, does have a "forwarders" entry for D2's DNS server's IP.
>
> If this is correct, how should I add this new forward lookup zone to D1's
> DNS server?  If not, what do I need to do to get this working?
>
> Thanks,
> -joe
>
>

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