I have a real newby question

Hello,

Well here I go I have been working in a enviroment where our main DNS server is hosted by our ISP and my local DNS is located on my PDC (My-PDC) and is AD integrated. I also have a internal Exchange server with DNS bieng replicated.

Now all of the sudden my boss (the owner) wnats to bring everything in-house to include the Main DNS server, All web sites and the Exchange MX record.

So I set up a lab with the exact duplicate of my internal network. 1 - PDC (My-PDC) and 1 Exchange server (My-Mail).

I installed a new computer to be the DNS server (My-DNS) and set it to primary but it wasn't getting populated. so I went to My-PDC DNS settings and set MY-DNS in the name serer tab. then went back to My-DNS and set it as secondary, this populated MY-DNS DNS. I then set MY-DNS to primary and set MY_PDC to secondary. Reset the DHCP to olny give out the IP address of MY_DNS server and log in as a client - all worked and I was able to access the internet.

So did I do it right or is it all wrong?
What about WEB pages? Can the outside world access them?
How do I test the DNS with the production network still running behind a firewall (and so is the lab)?

Any help deserves a beer - oh make it a case and of course my dying gratitude.

 

[ChicagoTechNet]

are the My-PDC DNS and MY-DNS the host names? Not sure the question but this may help. quoted form

http://www.chicagotech.net

2nd DNS Issues

1. When setup 2nd DNS, make sure you type correct Master DNS Server IP address.
2. Make sure primary DNS and 2nd DNS servers can ping each other and not firewall block them.
3. Make sure primary DNS and 2nd DNS servers point to each other as primary and themselves as secondary.


Robert Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
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http://www.ms-mvps.com

 

[rphips]

ChicagoTechNet

Thank You for your quick response and I tried to get back to you yesterday but I blew up my computer.

Anyway, my setup here is thus

1 domain (my-domain) with the following
1 -PDC (my-pdc) has DNS active directory integrated)
1 -Exchange (has DNS active directory integrated (replica
of my-pdc))

The main DNS (root) is held at our ISP who also host our web pages and exchange.

As stated above my boss wants to bring the web pages and exchange in house, so I have a server that is solely for DNS and I was wondering if I did the switch over right?


My test lab is set up the same way

bob

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