Accessing internet sites via networked clients HELP!

Hey all, I've recently set up a win2k server, with dns, everything works fine apart from the client machine's, When i try to access the internet from a client computer on the network, i get dns errors, The clients dns server is 192.168.0.1, This is the ip of my server, i've added all my ISP'S dns servers to the farward Lookup Zones, but i'm still unable to access the sites.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advanced
Ryan
p.s I'm completely new to dns

before we start analyzing your DNS configuration, are you sure it isn't routing problems? In other words, can the client computer access the internet using IP addresses?

I tried going to 66.102.11.99, which is google.co.uk and that worked, but when i tried togo to 213.199.154.54, which is msn.co.uk, it didn't i got dns error page again, i tried several different sites via there ip and some worked and some didn't :s, i'm confused by this.
Any Help appreciated

Ryan

Tell me if I got this right. You have a server at 192.168.0.1 and it acts as the gateway between the internet and your private network. On this gateway server you also have a dns server. This gateway also has 2 network cards and one of them has your public IP address. Browsing the internet works from this computer. The gateway server is windows 2000. The client computer is also windows.

So paste me the result from the following dos command on both computers:

C:\>ipconfig /all

Yea, thats correct, Hres the results from Ipconfig for the server machine:
Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : bedroom1
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . : trance-gen.com
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : trance-gen.com

Ethernet adapter External Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : D-Link DFE-530TX PCI Fast Ethernet A
dapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-80-C8-E6-4A-AD
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 82.***.*.*
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.248.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 82.***.*.*
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 62.31.176.115
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 62.31.176.39
194.117.134.19
195.188.53.175
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 27 November 2003 17:02:13
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 28 November 2003 12:47:53

Ethernet adapter Internal Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : D-Link DFE-530TX PCI Fast Ethernet A
dapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-BA-09-6F-10
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 62.31.176.39
194.117.134.19
and heres the win2k client info:

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : bedroom2
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . : trance-gen.com
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : trance-gen.com

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 1:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR FA330/FA331 PCI Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-40-F4-59-8E-9D
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1


I've hidden my IP, but everything else is from copy and paste

Thanks Ryan

lookin good. Seems the reason the gateway server works while the client doesn't is cause the gateway doesn't even use the dns server on it, but the client is configured to use ONLY the gateway as a dns server with no backups.

Which means the dns server on the gateway either isn't running, not accessible due to firewalls, or not allowing recursion.

So, from the client computer, I want you to do the following command:

C:\>nslookup www.yahoo.com

Show me the response.

C:\>nslookup www.yahoo.com
*** Can't find server name for address 192.168.0.1: Non-existent domain
*** Default servers are not available
Server: UnKnown
Address: 192.168.0.1

*** UnKnown can't find www.yahoo.com: Non-existent domain

I'm not totally familiar with this, but my domain name is trance-gen.com, when setting up AD, it did say it cna't find it or something familiar, but i assumed this was because my net connection was down(wasent patched for msblaster).
Thanks Ryan

alrighty, so the server is accessible and running. So now we check the server config. If this is BIND, then show me "named.conf". Otherwise, if it is Microsoft DNS Server then show me a screenshot or something of your forward zones.

I'm Using the microsoft dns server, Heres a screen shot. I've hidden my external ip from it.

Thanks Ryan

Note:I tried both a query and a recursive query test from the monitoring tab in properties, but both failed, it gave no indication of why.

url returns: "Cannot find server"

I returned from my trip, so if you want to visit the IRC again, I'll most likely be active. All you must do is speak and I'll hear a beep. It really is much easier for me to help people using "Microsoft DNS Server" when I can talk to them in real time.