Re: novice: problem adding second domain
From: Kevin D. Goodknecht [MVP] (admin_at_nospam.LSAOL.COM)
Date: 02/09/04
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Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 22:30:40 -0600
In news:uUq$ywo7DHA.2656@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl,
Joe Ross <joeross252@hotmail.com> posted a question
Then Kevin replied below:
: "Kevin D. Goodknecht [MVP]" <admin@nospam.LSAOL.COM> wrote in message
: news:usDBeUm7DHA.804@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
:: To ping by host name from a different domain you will have to add
:: abc.def.com to the domain search list in addition to the local
:: domain. (DNS tab) Default is to append Primary DNS suffix, to ping
:: both domains by hostname only you have to add both names to the
:: list. This can slow DNS resolution considerably because it will
:: append all queries.
::
:
: Instead of being able to ping all machines across domains (which would
: apparently have detrimental side-effects on our network), what if I
: want to be able to resolve certain machines (e.g. key servers) across
: domains. For example, is it possible to have all machines in DOMAIN1
: able to resolve SERVER1 in DOMAIN 2? I realize it is possible if I
: had a hosts entry to all machines in DOMAIN1, but I don't consider
: this a viable option. Is it possible to tell the DNS server in
: DOMAIN1 about this "special entry"?
:
: Thanks again Kevin,
: -joe
Windows server 2003 allows for conditional forwarding add the other domain
to each DNS as a conditional forwarder.
If you want to ping by hostname without adding the domain to the search list
you'll need a host file for it.
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