Re: AD question about "first DNS server on network"

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Thanks, please see below.

"Phillip Windell" <@.> wrote in
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> "DWalker" <none@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
>> Your advice on picking out the domain name is an important step -- I
>> have seen MS advice that says something like "if you have a public
>> domain name, use that" but it doesn't go on to say "otherwise, blah
>> blah blah". I'm left thinking "and if I don't?".
>
> There are a lot of problems with using your Publicly Registered Domain
> Name as also your Internal Active Directory Domain Name. They are Not
> the same thing and do Not exist for the same reason. If you are an
> expert in configuring special situations with DNS and can do it with
> your eyes closed then I'm sure you could avoid the pitfalls of using
> the same name in both places. You can also find articles all day long
> that contradict each other and have one telling you to use different
> names and other telling you to use the same name. But *I'm* telling
> you to make them different names because I feel I am at least somewhat
> responsible to the greif people might have if they follow my
> post,...and using different names as I suggested the my last post is
> the simplest to deal with for the average Admin.
>

What I meant was, "and if I don't *have* a public domain name, what
should I do?". The advice says if you have a public name, use it, and
you're saying that if you have a public name, you don't have to use it,
and I'm saying there's a whole 'nother possibility -- there is no advice
for what to put if you don't have a public name, which I'm sure covers a
lot of small businesses. (Actually, we have a Web site, but it's hosted
elsewhere.) I'm thinking that "company.local" should be used here, but
I don't remember where I gleaned that: it certainly wasn't from the
Microsoft KB articles or technet articles that tell you step-by-step how
to set up AD. I can't believe that this common scenario of not *having*
a public name is not even mentioned in the how-tos.

>
>> Also, I think you have to be connected to the internet while running
>> dcpromo, is that right?
>
> The Internet is irrelevant and has absolutely nothing to do with it.
>

But you have to have the LAN connected to a hub or set up a loopback
adapter, or DCPromo won't do anything. That much I figued out.

Thanks for your help.

David


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