Questions tagged [windows-dns]
Windows DNS is the Microsoft implementation of the name resolution protocol for TCP/IP networks, such as the Internet. Client computers query a DNS server to resolve memorable, alphanumeric DNS names to the IP addresses that computers use to communicate with each other.
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Microsoft DNS listening on a high-numbered TCP port
In addition to port 53, the Microsoft DNS service also listens on a single high TCP port. This port changes every time the service starts (since it is a high port). What is this port used for?
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Windows Server DNS, create CNAME for DNS ZONE www.bing.com
I am following this documentation which states:
Prevent use of Copilot without commercial data protection: Update your
DNS configuration by setting the DNS entry for www.bing.com to be a
CNAME for ...
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DHCP providing IP but not creating DNS A record
I'm having a problem setting up a virtual machine IP assignment via DHCP.
The virtual machine is a clean installation of Ubuntu Server 22.04 The DHCP server is a Windows Server Domain Controller.
When ...
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WWW A-record Hack for Internal Users No Longer Works on my Server 2022 AD Domain
I have one of those notorious public websites for my company running on a third-party host that has the same domain name as our internal Active Directory domain network. So that our internal users can ...
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Any idea why a domain hosted in Azure would result in Windows DNS (caching resolver) failing all look ups?
We suddenly, as of last week, are experiencing problems resolving a FQDN (syrex.quosalsell.com) in our corporate network. The Windows servers last had updates installed on them after patch Tuesday in ...
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Set DNS Server on Zone using C#
I would like to set the primary ns server on a domain I am creating on Windows Server programmatically:
ManagementBaseObject outParams = zoneObj.InvokeMethod("CreateZone", inParams, null);...
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Query IP/hostnames in local network (Windows)
I have a Windows Server based network, running a Windows DHCP and DNS server. How can I list all the computers in the local network known to the server? That would mean querying either the DHCP or the ...
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One workstation not able to communicate with one server via hostname
I have one computer that cannot access shares via hostname. I can ping the hostname and it resolves to the FQDN fine. I can access the shares via FQDN and IP. However, when I change the map network ...
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Conditional forwarder for subdomain through DNS proxy
I have a Windows AD domain : contoso.local
I want to forward all requests to some.contoso.local to another DNS server through forwarding DNS server:
contoso.Local.DNS => Proxy.DNS => some....
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aws Private IPv4 DNS records not resolvable after changing dhcp scope
I created a dchp scope for my VPC to point to my own windows dns servers
This works as expected, linux and windows instances are automatically configured to use the IPs of my windows dns servers
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Windows DNS and long DKIM keys
One of our third party services that we sends as provided us with a DKIM record that is longer than 255 characters and they won't provide a shorter one. How do I properly use what they've provided ...
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MS DNS: Override AD-Stored conditional forwarder
AD DS Setup:
Single forest with single domain contoso.com
There are some DNS Servers inside:
DNS-MAIN-01
DNS-SATELLITE-OFFICE-01
DNS-SATELLITE-OFFICE-02
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DNS-SATELLITE-OFFICE-NN
Every DNS server ...
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Change Domain Name Forest Root
Forest Root Name is abc123.com
The only domain in the forest is
abc123.com
I want to add a new Domain called newxyz.com as a Tree Domain, non-contiguous domain.
Using a 2way transitive trust I would ...
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Add Linux hostname to Windows DNS GUI [closed]
In Windows Server 2008 R2, and in an Active Directory Environment, how can I add an alias hostname to DNS, so that all workstation will know the internal ip address of that alias hostname?
I have a ...
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How to break Windows Server 2019 in a way which will require an admin to check logs to find the answer [closed]
I am building a lab environment to up-skill admins to windows and have included various troubleshooting tasks. I would like to break DNS or some other service in a way that would require them to look ...
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