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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.

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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DNS check showing Failed

Domain Controller OS - Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard. The Name of the Server is QSIT035V2 Can you tell me why i am receiving "QSIT035V2 failed test DNS" Error? Please see the print-screen Attached for more detail.
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DNS server cache is empty

while checking my DNS server, i found that there is no record in cache of my DNS server ( Please see the print-screen ), can you tell me why? It is the only DNS server which is online, another DNS server is down. Even after 36 hours there is no…
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DNS Scavenging not deleting stale DNS record

I have set the following DNS Setting for Scavenging so that stale record must be automatically deleted, still it is not working ( Please see the print-screen ) 24 hrs has been passed still Stale record is there, Please see the below print-screen -…
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restricting queries on microsoft dns

I'm trying to help someone configure a MS 2008 DNS Server, that it doesn't answer DNS queries from the root zone as well as only answers queries with the recursive bit set from the lan it's connected to. Those two measurements are meant to avoid…
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DNS Entries with Very Old Timestamps

I recently started looking into a problem where an IT service desk user reported getting connected to an incorrect workstation while trying to help an internal customer. I started digging around our DNS and WINS servers and found a huge number of…
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Can we put random entries on DNS

Using microsoft DNS All/most of our local hosts ( with in ) are in following domain *.company.org So a host name will look like mymachine001.company.org Is it possible to set up wild card DNS entries of the form ? *.subd.company.com Note: The URL…
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How to delegate a zone from Microsoft Windows 2003 DNS server to dnsmasq?

I have a split domain setup on my production server farm: Each server has both an external (internet facing) IP address and a private internal (LAN facing) IP address. A local DNS server running dnsmasq provides both DHCP services and DNS services…
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Microsoft 2003 DNS sometimes cant query for some A pointers when their TTL expires

Warning Long question :) We have a win 2003 server with a DNS server, every now and then it cant provide us with some A pointers for a specific domain. I have a small script running which asks for SOA,NS and A records for the domain in question and…
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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 DNS for all names and IP addresses. I know I can…
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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 drive and a shortcut to a network app to use the…
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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 ... DNS-SATELLITE-OFFICE-NN Every DNS server has Forwarders that are pointed to local ISP's DNS…
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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 like to slowly migrate all department objects…
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Add Linux hostname to Windows DNS GUI

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 Linux web server, that contains some intranet…
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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

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 at logs. I can think of plenty of times where…
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Have issues in reverse lookup

I need assistance in a reverse lookup issue. I have a server say XYZ.ABC.COM having an IP 10.20.30.40. If I ping the server, it is resolving to the correct IP. On reverse ping (i.e ping -a 10.20.30.40), it resolves to the domain name and not the…
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