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Last Updated: Feb 14, 2002
DNS is one of the most-searched for words in the searchWin2000 search engine. And our stable of site experts has likely answered more questions on DNS than any other topic. Read on for a sampling of their advice.
By David Gabel, TechTarget Executive Technology Editor (14 Feb 2002)
What in the world is DNS and what does it mean to you? Alphabet soup is common in high-tech pursuits, but it seems that in the world of Internet protocols the acronym for Domain Name Service generates a large measure of attention. DNS is a service that can link up domain names with Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. Here's a brief explanation of how DNS works and where Windows networking administrators can go for help.
Using caching-only DNS servers
TIP :SearchWin2000 member Parthasarathy Mandayam explains the benefits of using a caching-only server.
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Resolving local names on external DNS server
ASK THE EXPERTS :Is there any way to prevent a Win2k machine (which resides on a network without a server of some kind) from trying to resolve ...
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Problems with DNS when trying to restore IIS5.0
ASK THE EXPERTS :When I try to restore IIS5.0 on another Windows 2000 server, it gives me an error. The copy is corrupted and I cannot restore ...
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Cannot locate my mail server or Web sites
ASK THE EXPERTS :I am running NAT on a Win2k server. I can ping an IP address on the Internet but cannot locate my mail server or Web sites. ...
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DNS namespace in two domains
ASK THE EXPERTS :We are setting up our Active Directory and are having discussions about how many domains to have. We want to just have one ...
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No DNS servers are available error
ASK THE EXPERTS :I am an MCSE student and am really stuck on a netlogon error on my domain controller, which is the root DNS server for my ...
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Changing DNS timeout parameter in Win2k
ASK THE EXPERTS :How do you set the Domain Name System (DNS) timeout parameter of a workstation in Windows 2000? One particular DNS lookup on ...
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Manually entering the DNS entries
ASK THE EXPERTS :We have a NT4 domain, mostly NT4 workstations and several Win2k workstations in our environment. Recently I have encountered ...
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Cannot access web site with DNS
ASK THE EXPERTS :I have a web server in my network but users can only access the site using IP address but not a DNS name. What can I do to ...
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