New DNS Setup "JT" <jt[ at ]hasno.mail> 6/15/2007 12:05:33 AM We are wanting to configure DNS on a windows 2003 server which for testing will also be hosting an apache website. I have the appropriate mappings configured on my firewall and can access the site via IP from the outside world. I have installed the DNS service and configured a new primary zone named mydomain.net (using my real domain name, obviously). I have created an alias (CNAME) called 'www' I then entered the hostname of the dns server in the fqdn field. Is this all I should need to input in order for the hostname to resolve? Do I need other entries? I know about the MX record for email but I am focused on just getting the site resolving first. Do I need an A record or anything or is the single CNAME record of www all I need? Thanks

Re: New DNS Setup "JT" <no[ at ]mail.here> 6/15/2007 12:16:50 PM Any one? "JT" <jt[ at ]hasno.mail> wrote in message news:%235DfDEurHHA.4992[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > We are wanting to configure DNS on a windows 2003 server which for testing > will also be hosting an apache website. > > I have the appropriate mappings configured on my firewall and can access > the site via IP from the outside world. I have installed the DNS service > and configured a new primary zone named mydomain.net (using my real domain > name, obviously). I have created an alias (CNAME) called 'www' I then > entered the hostname of the dns server in the fqdn field. Is this all I > should need to input in order for the hostname to resolve? Do I need other > entries? I know about the MX record for email but I am focused on just > getting the site resolving first. Do I need an A record or anything or is > the single CNAME record of www all I need? > > Thanks >

Re: New DNS Setup "Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]" <admin[ at ]nospam.WFTX.US> 6/18/2007 1:05:17 PM Read inline please. In news:%235DfDEurHHA.4992[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl, JT <jt[ at ]hasno.mail> typed: [Quoted Text] > We are wanting to configure DNS on a windows 2003 server which for > testing will also be hosting an apache website. > > I have the appropriate mappings configured on my firewall and can > access the site via IP from the outside world. I have installed the > DNS service and configured a new primary zone named mydomain.net > (using my real domain name, obviously). I have created an alias > (CNAME) called 'www' I then entered the hostname of the dns server > in the fqdn field. Is this all I should need to input in order for > the hostname to resolve? Do I need other entries? I know about the MX > record for email but I am focused on just getting the site resolving > first. Do I need an A record or anything or is the single CNAME > record of www all I need? CNAMES must point to an A record that has the IP of the server you are resolving. If you are pointing the CNAME to the DNS server's host name, then that is the IP the CNAME will resolve to, provided that host name has an A record. -- Best regards, Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP] Hope This Helps =================================== When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader so that others may learn and benefit from your issue, to respond directly to me remove the nospam. from my email address. =================================== http://www.lonestaramerica.com/ http://support.wftx.us/ http://message.wftx.us/ =================================== Use Outlook Express?... Get OE_Quotefix: It will strip signature out and more http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/ =================================== Keep a back up of your OE settings and folders with OEBackup: http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx ===================================