Starting with a Windows 2000-Based
Stand-Alone Server
This
server becomes a DNS server for your
network. You can also promote it to the
domain controller role at a later time.
In the
first step, you assign this server a
static Internet Protocol (IP)
configuration. DNS servers should not
use dynamically assigned IP addresses,
because a dynamic change of address
could cause clients to lose contact with
the DNS server.
Configure TCP/IP
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Click
Start, point to Settings and then
click Control Panel.
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Double-click Network and Dial-up
Connections.
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Right-click Local Area Connection,
and then click Properties.
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Click
Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then
click Properties.
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Assign
this server a static IP address,
subnet mask, and gateway address.
Enter the server's IP address in the
Preferred DNS server box.
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Click
Advanced.
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Click
the DNS Tab.
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Select
"Append primary and connection
specific DNS suffixes"
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Check
"Append parent suffixes of the
primary DNS suffix"
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Check
"Register this connection's
addresses in DNS". If this Windows
2000-based DNS server is on an
intranet, it should only point to
its own IP address for DNS; do not
enter IP addresses for other DNS
servers here. If this server needs
to resolve names on the Internet, it
should have a forwarder configured.
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Click
OK to close the Advanced TCP/IP
Settings properties.
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Click
OK to accept the changes to your
TCP/IP configuration.
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Click
OK to close the Local Area
Connections properties.
Note: If you
receive a warning from the DNS Caching
Resolver service, click OK to dismiss
the warning. The caching resolver is
trying to contact the DNS server, but
you have not finished configuring the
server. |