Re: Simple Windows Server DNS question.

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soory... it must read:

on DNS-A a secondary Zone from INTRANET-B.DOM where the Master is DNS-B
and
on DNS-B a secondary Zone from INTRANET-A.DOM where the master is DNS-A



"Werner Penz" <Werner-P@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Network A has a DNS-Server: DNS-A with a Primary Forward-Zone:
INTRANET-A.DOM
Network B has a DNS-Server: DNS-B with a Primary Forward-Zone:
INTRANET-B.DOM

So that both Networks can be resolved by all Clients, one Solution is to
make:

on DNS-A a secondary Zone from INTRANET-B.DOM where the Master is DNS-B
and
on DNS-B a secondary Zone from INTRANET-B.DOM where the master is DNS-A

you just have to make shure, that the Zone-transfer works between both
DNS-Servers.
This is best done by adding each DNS-Server in each ZONE and ALLOW
ZONETRANSFER to all DNS-Servers in ZONE

sorry about my English, good look
Werner




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"fern" <nomail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Scenario...

I have a windows DNS server "A" in a windows AD environment.
I have non windows DNS server "B" in a remote location.
Other then able to communicate on the WAN both servers have no
relationship/trust.


Both DNS servers need to add each other as forwarders for DNS queries.

You cannot use two DNS servers a MUTUAL (unconditional*) forwarders.

You can conditionally forward a Windows 2003 (not 2000) to another
DNS server for some specific DNS zone (tree).

Chances are if NEITHER of these is otherwise related to each other then
you don't want them to generally forward to each other anyway, and each
will be using their respective ISP (or some other Internet DNS Server)
to
resolve Internet DNS names.

Alright Im glad to see you know your stuff and Ill explain myself a
little more clearly. Both networks "A" and "B" have Intranets. In order
for both networks to properly browswe each others Intranets I believed
the solution is to just forward DNS resolutions to each other in order to
have their local urls resolved properly.

Knowing this, how would you recomend this be done. I do know network "A"
is a microsoft domain, and I believe "B" is not.

Adding standard secondary zones?

I appreciate the help ..



A non-Windows DNS server MIGHT support (the equivalent of) Conditional
Forwarding but you will have to check your non-Windows server for that.

If not, then you MAY let the other server hold a "Secondary" copy of
your
zones so they can resolve your specific zone DNS names.

So I believe I need to grant/add "B" servers access to "A" somehow to
allow resolutions.

Not for Conditional Forwarding no "grant" is required.

For a Secondary you must enable this in the source (master) DNS Server.
(There is a tab labeled "Zone Transfers" on EACH DNS Zone property
*** for the Windows DNS server.)


So to my knowledge I probably have to add "B"'s IP to "A" in order to
accept DNS queries from "B"

To my knowledge I need this for the "A" windows DNS server will not
repsond to systems not part of the domain.


--
Herb Martin, MCSE, MVP
http://www.LearnQuick.Com
(phone on web site)








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