DNS Cache server only

[NewToo]

Hello and Thank you for the help


My question is do my WIN2K DNS cache server have to be part of the domain before it start caching? When I configure it pull from the primary DNS server i would not let me.

 

[brontosaurus]

It doesn't have to be part of the domain, but what are you trying to pull from the Primary? You can't transfer cache zones...

 

[GlenJohnson]

Good question. Need a little more info. Glen A. Johnson
Microsoft Certified Professional
glen@nellsgiftbox.com


"What really happens is trivial in comparison to what could occur."
Robert von Musil (1880-1942); Austrian author.

 

[NewToo]

brontosaurus

thanks for the respones
What I'm trying to do is cache the dns server
the process i use is
1. right click on the DNS
2. connect to computer
3. then i put the my primary dns server.

after i did all of the following it gave me an error
Reading: Access was denined..

 

[brontosaurus]

I'm confused (what a surprise...).
What do you want to do, create a caching-only DNS server?
Or just view the cache on the DNS server? Or something else?

 

[NewToo]

brontosaurus

I trying to create a cache-only dns server.


thanks for the help
Newtoo

 

[brontosaurus]

uninstall DNS, then reinstall it, and don't add any forward lookup zones. In DNS manager, make sure you're in Advanced View. If you have a root zone (".&quot , delete it. If you want to use your ISP's DNS servers as Forwarders, add them into the config now, otherwise, just use the internet Root Servers in Root Hints. Restart the DNS service.