Configuring DNS Client Settings
Configuring DNS client computers typically entail the execution of the following administrative tasks:
Setting the client computer names for each computer. The computer names that you configure should not be greater than 63 bytes. The name can only include:
Uppercase letters; A - Z
Lowercase letters; a - z
Numbers; 0 - 9
Hyphens
Configure a primary DNS suffix for the computer. The primary DNS suffix of the computer is the name of the Active Directory...
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DNS and Active Directory Integration Overview
DNS is the primary name registration and resolution service in Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003, and provides a hierarchically distributed and scalable database; provides name registration, name resolution and service location for Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 clients; and locates domain controllers for logon. A DNS server is a computer running the DNS Server service that provides domain name services. The DNS server manages the DNS...
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Understanding DNS Zone Types and Zone Transfer Methods
A DNS zone is the contiguous portion of the DNS domain name space over which a DNS server has authority, or is authoritative. DNS zones contain either domains or subdomains. The DNS namespace can be divided into multiple zones. You can even host all your zones on a single DNS server. The Windows Server 2003 DNS Server can host up to 20,000 DNS zones.
A DNS zone contains a zone database that contains resource records for all the domains...
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DNS Zones Overview
A DNS zone is the contiguous portion of the DNS domain name space over which a DNS server has authority, or is
authoritative. A zone is a portion of a namespace . it is not a domain. A domain is a branch of the DNS namespace. A
DNS zone can contain one or more contiguous domains. A DNS server can be authoritative for multiple DNS zones. A
noncontiguous namespace cannot be a DNS zone.
A zone contains the resource records for all of the names within the particular zone...
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Domain Name Service (DNS) Overview
Domain Name Service (DNS) enables applications and users to connect to hosts in TCP/IP based networks by specifying
a name. DNS is a hierarchically distributed database that creates hierarchical names that can be resolved to IP
addresses. The IP addresses are then resolved to MAC addresses. DNS therefore provides the means for naming IP hosts,
and for locating IP hosts when they are queried for by name.
The protocols and standards of DNS provide the...
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DNS Server and DNS Server Roles Overview
Before DNS, HOSTS files were used to resolve host names to IP addresses. The HOSTS files were manually maintained by administrators. The HOSTS file was located on a centrally administered server on the Internet. Because of the shortcomings of the HOSTS files, DNS was designed and introduced. From the days of Windows NT Server 4.0, DNS has been included with the operating system. DNS is a hierarchically distributed and scalable database. DNS provides...
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An Overview of the Domain Renaming Feature
With the Windows NT 4 domain model, you had to completely rebuild an existing domain if you wanted to change the names of any of your existing domains. In Windows 2000 domains, you also have to create a new domain but the Active Directory Object Manager can be used to migrate existing users, groups and computers into the new domain. The Active Directory Object Manager plays a vital role in moving the contents of existing Windows 2000 domains into...
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Monitoring DNS with the DNS Console
The DNS management console includes functionality that enables you to use the console to monitor DNS activity:
Event Logging tab: You can access the Event Logging tab located within the Properties dialog box of the DNS server to specify the DNS events that you want to monitor. Through the Event Logging tab, you can limit the events which are written to the DNS Events log.
Monitoring tab: The Monitoring tab is also located within the Properties dialog...
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Understanding the Purpose of Host Names
In TCP/IP based networks, the packets that are transmitted over the network contain the following IP addresses:
The IP address of the computer sending the packet
The IP address of the destination computer intended to receive the packet.
The IP address information is used to forward the packet to the destination computer. The IP addresses of computers therefore have to be both unique and correct so that they can be forwarded to the correct...
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Configuring DNS Server and DHCP Integration
Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 clients can dynamically update their own resource records in Windows Server 2003 DNS. DHCP can also be used to configure down-level clients as DHCP clients.
To enable the DHCP server to dynamically update clients;
Click Start, Administrative Tools, and then click DHCP to open the DHCP console.
Expand the DHCP server node in the console tree.
Select and then right-click the DHCP scope, and...
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