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How to setup DNS Server in Windows
Server 2003
To
install DNS in Windows 2003, follow these steps.
- Click Start,
click Control Panel, and then click Add or Remove Programs.
- Click Add/Remove
Windows Components.
- In Components,
select the Networking Services check box, and then click Details.
- In Subcomponents of
Networking Services, select the Domain Name System (DNS) check
box, click OK, and then click Next.
- If you are prompted, in
Copy files from, type the full path of the distribution files, and
then click OK.
To
Configure the DNS, follow these steps.
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Start the Configure
Your Server Wizard. To do so, |
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On the Summary of
Selections page, view and confirm the options that you have
selected. The following items should appear on this page:
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Install DNS |
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Run the
Configure a DNS Wizard to configure DNS |
If the Summary of
Selections page lists these two items, click Next. If the
Summary of Selections page does not list these two items, click
Back to return to the Server Role page, click DNS, and
then click Next. |
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When the Configure
Your Server Wizard installs the DNS service, it first determines
whether the IP address for this server is static or is configured
automatically. If your server is currently configured to obtain its IP
address automatically, the Configuring Components page of the
Windows Components Wizard prompts you to configure this server with a
static IP address. To do so:
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In the Local
Area Connection Properties dialog box, click Internet
Protocol (TCP/IP), and then click Properties.
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In the
Internet Protocols (TCP/IP) Properties dialog box, click Use
the following IP address, and then type the static IP address,
subnet mask, and default gateway for this server. |
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In Preferred
DNS, type the IP address of this server. |
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In Alternate
DNS, type the IP address of another internal DNS server, or
leave this box blank. |
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When you finish
setting up the static addresses for your DNS, click OK, and
then click Close. |
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After you click
Close, the Configure a DNS Server Wizard starts. In the wizard,
follow these steps:
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On the Select
Configuration Action page, select the Create a forward lookup
zone check box, and then click Next. |
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To specify that
this DNS hosts a DNS zone that contains DNS resource records for
your network resources, on the Primary Server Location page,
click This server maintains the zone, and then click Next.
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On the Zone
Name page, in Zone name, specify the name of the DNS zone
for your network, and then click Next. The name of the zone
is the same as the name of the DNS domain for your small
organization or branch office. |
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On the Dynamic
Update page, click Allow both nonsecure and secure dynamic
updates, and then click Next. This makes sure that the
DNS resource records for the resources in your network update
automatically. |
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On the
Forwarders page, click Yes, it should forward queries to DNS
servers with the following IP addresses, and then click Next.
When you select this configuration, you forward all DNS queries for
DNS names outside your network to a DNS at either your ISP or
central office. Type one or more IP addresses that either your ISP
or central office DNS servers use. |
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On the
Completing the Configure a DNS Wizard page of the Configure a
DNS Wizard, you can click Back to change any of the settings.
To apply your selections, click Finish. |
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