Sbs2003 & Dns

[eGoCeNTRoNiX]

Here's the scoop..

I have a company running Small Business Server 2003 and originally when the DNS was set up it was setup as egocentronix.com Now it's egocentronix.local So, when I type in egocentronix.com from the network it takes me to egocentronix.local which is the server page. I want it to take me to egocentronix.com The primary DNS on each machine is set to the servers IP. What am I doing wrong, or what is the solution? Anybody know?

TIA!

eGo

[b-man1]

has the server been rebooted since the updates? you can try to flush the DNS cache on the server (or reboot) and also on the resolving clients.

use the following command: ipconfig /flushdns

also try an nslookup from the server and a client pc on each entry to see if it resolves properly that way.

oh, and also make sure any PTR records are updated too, just in case those are in there.

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[eGoCeNTRoNiX]

Originally posted by b-man1
oh, and also make sure any PTR records are updated too, just in case those are in there.

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Somebody at anands said that we needed to add it to the host record which is what I think you mean by PTR records. But we don't know what type of host record, is the PTR record the type of host record? But we do know we need to add it lol

Thanks!

eGo

[b-man1]

nope...a Host (A) record is what resolves a name (server name, web address, etc) to an IP address. a PTR (Pointer) record resolves an IP to a name (basically the opposite of a Host record).

Host records should automatically be added for servers in the domain, assuming they are set to auto register and that the NETLOGON service is running on each box.

if you have a static IP (or FQDN, internet address, etc) for the ego.com to point to, just add the Host (A) record with that info and it should be ok...if i am understanding your question fully.

[eGoCeNTRoNiX]

Awesome, thanx for the info b, I'll take this in with me tomorrow and try it out.

eGo