>When I open the MS DNS console, and go to "Properties > Forwarders", I >am informed that "Forwarders are not available because this is a root >server".
are you sure you to be an internal, private root server (ie, be your own DNS namespace with no connectivity to INternet namespace?) Probably not. I suggest turning off root server so your DNS can resolve public internet queries. >Is this what you are referring to in mentioning "Forwarders" >above? If your DNS is a root server, there's nobody to forward to. If your DNS has good connectivity to Internet, there's not a lot of advantage in its forwarding to another DNS, except maybe picking up some queries in the cache of the forwared-to NS. I would turn off forwarding >When I go to "Network neighborhood > Properties > LAN connection" and >highlight "TCP/IP" then click "Properties" , I show 2 of the Uunet DNS >servers IP's listed in the "Use the following DNS server addresses" >fields. this is configuring your "resolver", the DNS client. but why us uu NS? put your 127.0.0.1 address in there (having turned off root server, of course) >Is this where I would enter 1 or 2 alternative DNS server >IP's other than Uunet's DNS servers (if I wished to discard Uunet's DNS >servers)? After your 127.0.0.1 primary DNS, you can continue with uu's NS's as backup DNS. I point out that have your W2K DNS be authoritative, it is listed in the TLD parents, AND having it work in "recursion yes" mode means that it is open to theft of DNS service and to being DoSed. Len To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
