SBS2003 Basic DNS Question

[bennetje]

Until now our office used a workgroup setup with a DNS
server IP provided by the ISP.
I installed a SBS2003 server and noticed thet in the TCP/IP
setting the DNS server is 192.168.1.14 Same as the SBS2003
When I changed the prefered DNS server at the workstations
to this address we are able to open every website.
Now my question. From where gets the server the IP address,
for a URL we use in IE?
Can someone explain this and in general how this works.
Is the setup I mentioned above the correct setup?
Thanks so far.

/Bennie

 

[devastator]

If you look on the sbs server under Administrative Tools, DNS you will see your zones and server and root hints. You could also plug in your ISP's DNS Server under the forwarding tab within DNS. Otherwise Internet URL's are resolved using Root Hints.

Take a look here.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;291382

Question: If I remove the ISP's DNS server settings from the domain controller, how does it resolve names such as Microsoft.com on the Internet?

Answer: As long as the "." zone does not exist under forward lookup zones in DNS, the DNS service uses the root hint servers. The root hint servers are well-known servers on the Internet that help all DNS servers resolve name queries.

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

 

[bennetje]

It's clear to me now. We use the forwarding option.
I might have typed that in during installation.
Also thanks for the MS article. Very usefull.
/Bennie