2000 Server Domain with Cable Router/Gateway DNS Question

I have setup a home network and want to have a local DNS for resolving my workstations. I am running on a Cable internet connection and are using the Netgear RP614 Cable Router/Gateway. I have been experiencing problems on the server with the internet connection which I assume is problematic with the server wanting to be the DNS server and my cable company wanting to do the same as well.

I just built a fresh windows 2000 server as my new DC running DNS and active directory. My setup as far as ip addresses are as follows: the router is using 192.168.0.1, server is 192.168.0.2, and all the machines are .3.4,.5., etc... On all the machines I made the gateway the ip of the router and I also added the dns entries of my ISP to each machine. The router pulls the WAN IP. What I want to do is setup this Windows 2000 server so that it runs a DNS server along with Active Directory, but I also want to be able to surf the web with it so I would still need to use my ISPs DNS entries. How can it up as a DNS server but still use the DNS entries of my ISP for that 2000 server?

Easy, you would install the DNS on the DC as a non-root dns server and add a 'forwarders' line to your ISP's DNS. That would do the trick

Hello, i'm having the exact same situation as Blaznlion except i think much less knowledgable.

Can someone please explain how i would make the DNS non-root as well as where i can add the "forwarder" line?

Thank you in advance for any help you can offer!!

Nadine

I had the exact same problem & after some tinkering got it done OK. Heres how:
1) If not working with Active Directory or installed, probably best to uninstall (this WILL delete all information contained within!) by running DCPROMO
2) Disconnect server from network (unplug cable)
3) Install AD by configuring server as 'Only server on network'
4) Go to Administrative Tools in Control Panel
5) Open DNS
6) Look for the DNS forward lookup zones tab, expand it & look arounf for an zone labelled "." (probably no qutoation marks in the actual zone) and delete it. This will make the server a 'non root' server
7) Right Click on the name of the machine you are setting up in DNS, and choose properties
8) There is a "Forwarding" tab, find out what your ISP's DNS server IP addresses are and enter them into this tab (I also put in the router's address, dont know that this is neccessary tho)
9) Close DNS management console
10) Go to "Services" in administrative tools, and find "DHCP Server" Service
11) Open it (DHCP Server) and select "Disabled" in startup type field close DHCP properties & Services console
12) Open network & Dialup connections from control panel
13) Open your network card & it's tcp options. Make sure it's on the same subnet as your router, and the first three sets of numbers in the IP address are the same, Set default gateway to the IP address of the router. (Hint - If you clear subnet, then enter the same 1st set of three numbers as your router, eg 192.168.0 and a last number not tallready used by a device on the network, then click on subnet, windows should calculate it automatically)
14) Test you're connected to the router OK by opening internet explorer, you should be able to access the internet, if not recheck your router's IP settings & those of your network card.
12) Reset the server, be happy

WOW, thank you very much for all that information Skirmish!!

the only place i was finding the "forwarding" was on the router... wasnt sure if that was the right place to edit.

I'll get myself all set up now *smiles*

We had the same problem. Some people came in and maped the domain name to look to our virtual server. This fixed that problem but when we try to configure outlook on clients we get errors as below.

The host 'pop.arrowmail.org' could not be found. Please verify that you have entered the server name correctly. Account: 'Arrow Mail Mail', Server: 'pop.arrowmail.org', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 11004, Error Number: 0x800CCC0D

Does anyone know what is going on with this?

Thanks

'pop.arrowmail.org' looks like the proble, shouldnt it be
mail.arrowmail.org and select pop3 from the my incomming server is a pop3 server option where you select imap, http, or pop3?
outgoing should be the same, mail.arrowmail.org, could be wrong call your provider for thier specs.

Thanks for the feedback. My provider specifys the pop3 server as pop.arrowmail.org and SMTP as mail.arrowmail.org

I think the trouble is with our network. Does a new domain need to be created with the name pop and mail under arrowmail.org? If so what else has to be configured

Where is your mail server? Are you running the server? If so, it must be configured to accept your pop3 clients and your router must forward port 110 to your server's LAN address.

Otherwise try just arrowmail.org or the IP.

Okay got if figured out. We did indeed have to point pop and mail to the virtual server as suspected.

Dont know the multitude of ways to accomplish this but I created a new domain for both "pop" and "mail" under our main domain Then I created a record in each pointing to the record that had been created to point arrowmail.org to the virtual server.

It works.

i tried your steps to configure the server and receive an error during AD setup saying the Network Location cannot be found. any ideas? i set it up as a server on an existing network and now i have VERY Long load times for the server machine... man i miss the simplicity of windows nt 4

Justin