nslookup DNS resolve problem

[dibbkd]

I'm using Minasi's "Mastering Windows Server 2003" book, setting up DNS so that I can eventually setup AD once DNS is working properly.

Not sure if everyone uses the book, but Chapter 7, page 380 talks about using nslookup to test your DNS to resove names.

I've set the timeout and everything as suggested, but when I try to resolve a

http://www.whatever.com

name, it doesn't resolve.

On page 382, one of the troubleshooting steps is to change the DNS lookup servers with the "server 164.109.1.3" command to point to a large ISP's DNS server.

When I do that, I can resolve everything.

I'm not running a firewall, not sure what the problem is. I'm pretty new to DNS servers, so I'm not sure exactly what else to tell you to be helpful.

 

[karmic]

First of all, do you have the DNS forwarders pointing to your ISP DNS server?
Are you using DHCP? Run IPCONFIG /all on one of your workstations, the DNS server address on the workstation should be that of your domain controller.

Or for a test, change the external DNS servers in your servers network connection to point only to itself and see if you get internet on the server...

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