Re: need help,not your average dns problem



thanks for the reply but no I do not have a root zone and it should not be a
firewall problem because I setup a stand alone Windows 2003 Server sp2 as a
DNS Server that works fine. Please help.

"Ace Fekay [MVP]" wrote:

In news:0B5B8EDA-4096-4ACF-B0FD-1003359DD906@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Tm MS <TmMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
Problem: I am currently trying to get 2 windows 2003 SP2 DC to
resolve names via root servers. Currently, I have several primary
AD zones on these Servers and all dns requests they cannot resolve
are forwarded to our FreeBSD nameserver and are handled by the root
servers.
Background: FreeBSD nameserver has always been primary nameserver at
company.com. When moved to Windows Active Directory 7 years ago,
they setup SOA for a subdomain of sub1.comany.com on FreeBSD NS since
Windows would only resolve names for active directory related records
(domain controllers only). Recently, we decided to drop FreeBSD
nameserver, so I created a new primary zone with Windows DNS for
company.com and added everything manually the freebsd nameserver had.
I opened firewall for DNS for the 2 windows ip addresses. Testing
phase, when I remove the forward for the freebsd ns, I cannot
resolve any names on the Internet? I checked everything, all root
hints valid and up to date, no disabled recursion anywhere. What am
I doing wrong. I also followed
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;294906 but
that did not work either. When I setup a standalone windows 2003
Server SP2 open firewall, it resovles Internet names fine so I am
assuming there is something wrong with the AD Servers. Please help
and no I am not using NAT and each server has a single IP address if
this helps.

Do you have a root zone under your Forward Lookup Zones created on your
Windows DNS servers? It will look like a period (".").

Is recursion disabled under the Forwarders tab or Advanced tab? Possibly
incorrect forwarders and recursion disabled?

Does your firewall support EDNS0? Windows DNS 2003 supports EDNS0, which
allows DNS UDP packets to 1280 bytes. Non-EDNS0 is 512 bytes. Upgrade your
firewall if you haven't already to support this.

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Regards,
Ace

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Ace Fekay, MCSE 2003 & 2000, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSE+I, MCT, MVP
Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
Microsoft Certified Trainer

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