DNS and Company Website (Ext.) Chris 11/30/2008 9:53:26 PM I'm a newbie on the server end so here goes. I have server 2003 r2 and just did a clean install. My problem is that when we type in the company website on any PC within the company which is www.anyname.org we get a page not found. The server is running as a dhcp, dns server. I recall this issue from along time ago and believe it is in the dns settings but for the lief of me I can't find the solution in simple english. Would truly appreciate any help. Chris

Re: DNS and Company Website (Ext.) "Juergen Kluth" <jkluth-newskonto[ at ]dokom.net> 12/1/2008 11:34:48 AM Hi, internally hosted : create a cname entry for the website in dns server forward lookup zone externally : do the same if ip adress is constant, or adjust forwarding to a public dns server jk

Re: DNS and Company Website (Ext.) Chris 12/1/2008 12:36:02 PM JK I looked up cnet and then added the alias in the forward lookup zone in the first folder marked _msdcs.mydomain.local. I did not use www. in the domain name name, correct or not? I have 2 other folders under the Forward Lookup Zone as well. They are mydomain.local and mydomain.org. I noted now that the new alias is in each of these three folders. I still cannot bring up the company website on the web from inside of the company domain. Any further help? Thank you Chris "Juergen Kluth" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi, > internally hosted : create a cname entry for the website in dns server > forward lookup zone > externally : do the same if ip adress is constant, or adjust forwarding to a > public dns server > jk > > >

Re: DNS and Company Website (Ext.) "Juergen Kluth" <jkluth-newskonto[ at ]dokom.net> 12/2/2008 12:04:32 AM Hi, isnt it that easy to try it with www. in front of your entries ? jk at least it was less to type ;-)

Re: DNS and Company Website (Ext.) SharkMan 12/2/2008 4:50:01 AM This one is fun, if the external/DMZ company website is the same name as your domain name (I had this one at a healthcare org) so if your DNS zone is labeled xyzcompany.org and you are trying to reach a server with a domain name of www.xyzcompany.org you need to create a host entry for "WWW" that points to the IP of the website. just "www" as the name because the DNS server appends the rest of the domain name to the address. it's something to try for your situation. -- Chief Putz "Chris" wrote: [Quoted Text] > JK > I looked up cnet and then added the alias in the forward lookup zone in the > first folder marked _msdcs.mydomain.local. > > I did not use www. in the domain name name, correct or not? > > I have 2 other folders under the Forward Lookup Zone as well. They are > mydomain.local and mydomain.org. > > I noted now that the new alias is in each of these three folders. I still > cannot bring up the company website on the web from inside of the company > domain. > > Any further help? > > Thank you > > Chris > > "Juergen Kluth" wrote: > > > Hi, > > internally hosted : create a cname entry for the website in dns server > > forward lookup zone > > externally : do the same if ip adress is constant, or adjust forwarding to a > > public dns server > > jk > > > > > >