Re: Do I have to have a my own DNS?

I have another question. Our AD domain name is not registered through
Internic and it's different than the universiy's .edu FQDN.

Doesn't have to be.
There are differing thought on naming.

Example the university domain name is University.edu you can name your AD
domain after your department. Like department.university.edu. You users
would log into the "department' domain which would be under your control.
Since the University.edu is registered to the University you work at,
chances are your domain name will not clash with another domain at the
university and no other entity can/should be using "University.edu" you can
be almost certain you the name won't clash with another domain on the
Internet.

Another suggestion would be to name the AD domain something like
University.loc or departmentname.loc.

Personally I would opt for departmentname.University.edu. Your DNS servers
would hold the DNS records for the departmentname domain. For resolution of
the rest of the domains in the University forward to their DNS server where
the zones already exist.

hth
DDS
"wzhen" <wzhen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have another question. Our AD domain name is not registered through
Internic and it's different than the universiy's .edu FQDN. Would this
cause
problem?

"Danny Sanders" wrote:

So the only solution for us is to set up our own DNS
and then forwarding to university DNS servers. Would this cause problem
too
when they review the logs in the DNS server?

I would assume the entire University uses their DNS server now, including
the same servers and PCs you want to put in your AD domain? I would not
think this would be a problem.

There is nothing to stop you from forwarding to your ISP's DNS servers if
they have a problem.

hth
DDS

"wzhen" <wzhen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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It's politics that the University does not want any departments to set
up
their own Active Directory. It's unlikely they will create zone for our
domain name in its DNS. So the only solution for us is to set up our
own
DNS
and then forwarding to university DNS servers. Would this cause problem
too
when they review the logs in the DNS server?

"Danny Sanders" wrote:

If the University DNS server supports srv records you can use theirs.
Personally I would set up one for the AD domain and just forward to
the
University's DNS servers.

See:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/814591/en-us
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825036/en-us
This article describes how to set up your internal DNS server to
forward
to
your ISP's DNS servers for Internet resolution. You can use the
University's
DNS servers instead.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323380/en-us


hth
DDS


"wzhen" <wzhen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am planing to upgrade our NT 4 domain (for our department in a
university)
to Windows 2003 Active Directory. Since the University already has a
number
of DNS servers, do I still need my own DNS server in our new active
directory
domain? Can I just point it to the university's DNS servers during
the
upgrade? Thanks.








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