Internal DNS and External ISP DNS

[pQi]

Hi There,

I am a bit confused after setting up an internal DNS server and configuring the zones appropriately. All seemed to work fine for a day or two, then all of the sudden some images or pictures do not show up when browsing. Also when I run the Windows update it seems to not work.

If I change the static entries for my internal TCP/IP settings to point to the external DNS then all seems to work fine with my IE and clients.

If I change it back to my internal with forwarding to external DNS, I am back to where I started with the problem of browsing certain websites...

Is there someone out there who can enlighten me on this?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Thank You
George

 

[devastator]

In your DNS Settings you need to either allow recursion, enable forwarders, or both. This will allow your dns server to resolve outside addresses.

I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. ~ Baggins

 

[devastator]

And of course your forwarders would be your ISP's DNS servers.

I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. ~ Baggins

 

[devastator]

and might as well give you this article in case you have the famous .root zone setup.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;825036

I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. ~ Baggins

 

[pQi]

Devastator,

Thank you for the pointers! I don't have recursion enabled and the forwarders are setup to look at the ISP DNS server,

I will try again and let you know what happens...