Re: DNS Query

Hi Paddy,

Assuming you know all the risks of hosting your own website, check this out:

Hosting a website on the SBS server:
http://www.smallbizserver.net/Default.aspx?tabid=105

--
Regards,

Marina
Microsoft SBS-MVP
One of the Magical M&M's

"Paddy Ryan" <paddy@xxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
news:eU0R5cVOFHA.1040@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi Marina, we are hosting our own website. And also for anyone who wants
to
> connect to Outlook Web Access from internally I need to add the host
called
> mail as well other wise it tries to go from the outside in. I just wonder
if
> I need to have the separate domain listed as well, i.e. our external
domain
> a as forward lookup zone?
>
>
> "Marina Roos [SBS-MVP]" <marina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message
> news:%23fRFFTVOFHA.3512@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Hi Paddy,
> >
> > If you are not hosting your own website, you do not need to add those
www
> > and mx records in your DNS server, so delete them.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Marina
> > Microsoft SBS-MVP
> > One of the Magical M&M's
> >
> > "Paddy Ryan" <paddy@xxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
> > news:uByy$JVOFHA.2520@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Hi again Marina,
> > >
> > > okay, as usual I've confused myself. Sleep deprivation and stress
seems
> to
> > > have that affect on me. I notice on my old SBS server I had only one
> > > forward lookup zone for my domain, which was my external domain name,
> i.e.
> > > domain.org And in this forward lookup zone, all the workstations were
> > > listed along with manually created entries by me because of our
firewall
> > > issues. So, I had mail and www as hosts pointing to the relevant
> internal
> > IP
> > > addresses.
> > >
> > > Now with the new server, it has created a Internaldomain.local one by
> > itself
> > > and I have also added a domain of domain.org for our external domain.
I
> > have
> > > added the www and mail hosts to both domains with internal IP
addresses
> > for
> > > both in both zones. Is this safe to do? I need to give our webserver
and
> > our
> > > SBS server internal ip addresses for local networked computers because
> the
> > > firewall will not let them go out and back in again. It is just a
> > > requirement of the firewall we have to have intnernal ips for our
public
> > > domains. So the question is this, is what I have done, i.e. adding
the
> > new
> > > external forward lookup zone for our external domain and also putting
in
> > the
> > > hosts in both those domains with private ip addresses?
> > >
> > > Does that make sense?
> > >
> > > thanks in advance,
> > > Paddy.
> > >
> > >
> > > "Marina Roos [SBS-MVP]" <marina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> > message
> > > news:OCTcUwUOFHA.2348@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Hi Paddy,
> > > >
> > > > Post the ipconfig/all from the server and a client.
> > > > You can delete the DNS numbers in the Forwarders of your DNS server
if
> > > they
> > > > are not trustworthy. DNS requests will then be send out to the
> internet
> > by
> > > > the server.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Marina
> > > > Microsoft SBS-MVP
> > > > One of the Magical M&M's
> > > >
> > > > "Paddy Ryan" <paddy@xxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
> > > > news:O9ALjfTOFHA.2748@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > Hi there, I have just set up SBS 2003 and in the CEICW it had me
put
> > in
> > > > our
> > > > > ISPs two DNS IP addresses. However, I have noticed that since our
> ISP
> > > > keeps
> > > > > going off the air (they appear to be bouncing their servers) that
> > > > internally
> > > > > my clients cannot connect to the internet. Shouldn't they be
getting
> > the
> > > > DNS
> > > > > from the local server which they are pointing at? I guess the
> question
> > > is,
> > > > > how do I determine if my local DNS is actually caching the dns
> lookups
> > > it
> > > > > gets from the external servers and delivering that to my clients
as
> a
> > > > > default and not relying on the external DNS servers for name
> > resolution?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>


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