Manual For Setting up DNS with Windows 2000

written by: Chris Weaver

Getting Started (If you already have DNS set up on your computer then you may

skip the "Getting Started" process)

DNS (Domain Naming Service)

1. First click Start, then go to Settings, then click on Control Panel. Choose

Add/Remove Programs.

2. When Add/Remove Programs is open, choose Add/Remove Windows

Components.

3. From the list put a check beside Networking Services, click Next, then the

networking tools will be installed, Click Finish.

Forward Lookup Zones

-Primary Zones

1. Go to the Control Panel again, and choose Administrative Tools.

2. Click on the icon labeled DNS to open the program and click on the "+" beside the name of your computer.

3. Right-Click on Forward Lookup Zone and choose New Zone.

4. Click next to continue and choose Standard Primary, because this will set up the primary domain name for your network. Click next again.

5. Type in the name of your zone, for example "group1.com" and click Next.

6. You will see a screen that puts your zone under a file name with .dns at the end of it. (for example "group1.com.dns") Click Next again.

7. You will see a screen with your information on it. Verify that this is the information that you want and Click Finish.

8. One problem for DNS that can occur is that no other computer on the network recognizes the DNS server. If this happens be sure that all of the computers have the IP address (addresses) for the DNS server(s) set in their TCP/IP properties.

9. If the network uses DHCP, then the DHCP server must send the DNS information to all the computers that request an address.

-Secondary Zones

1. Right-Click on Forward Lookup Zone and choose New Zone.

2. Click next to continue and choose Standard Secondary, because this will set up the secondary domain name for a network that is connected to yours. Click next again.

3. Type in the name of the secondary zone, for example "group2.com" and click Next.

4. Type in the IP address of the DNS servers that are to be contacted. Click Add after each address is typed. Then click Next.

5. Confirm that the information is correct, then click Finish and the secondary zone is ready!

Reverse Lookup Zones

-Primary Zones

1. Right-Click on Reverse Lookup Zone and choose New Zone.

2. Click next to continue and choose Standard Primary, and click Next again.

3. Type in the network ID or the name of the zone, click Next. You will see the netword ID backwards with

"in-addr.arpa.dns" added to it. (example of a network ID could be 172.16.0.)

4 . Make sure that you create a new file using the name that is given to you, and click Next.

5. Read the screen to confirm your settings, and click Finish. Now the Reverse Lookup Zone is set up.

Now you can enjoy using your DNS methods of being connected to other computers!!