Scenario:

Currently, there are no DNS name servers on your network. You want to install the DNS Server service to create a DNS name server, which will resolve DNS name queries to IP addresses, and resolve host IP addresses on your network to their registered host name.

Your Tasks:

Configure the domain name of your computer, install the DNS Server service, create a forward lookup zone, and configure the forward and reverse lookup zones to allow dynamic update.

Task
Detail
  1. Configure the DNS domain name of your computer. When prompted, restart the computer.
  1. Log on as Administrator with a password of password.
  2. Open the Properties dialog box for My Computer.
  3. In the Identification Changes dialog box, click More.
  4. In the Computer and Domain Names dialog box, in the DNS domain name of this computer box, type nwtraders.msft and then click OK.

Note: In the next two steps, you will close open dialog boxes and restart your computer. The exact order in which this process occurs may vary.

  1. (continued)
  1. Click OK to close the Identification Changes dialog box, and then click OK to close the Network Identification dialog box.
  2. Click OK to close the System Properties dialog box, and then click Yes in the System Settings Change message box to restart your computer.
  1. Start the Windows Components wizard, and install the Domain Name System (DNS) subcomponent of Networking Services.
  1. Log on as Administrator with a password of password.
  2. In Control Panel, double-click Add/Remove Programs, and then click Add/Remove Windows Components.
  3. In the Windows Components wizard, click Next.
  4. On the Windows Components page, under Components, click Networking Services, and then click Details.
  5. Under Subcomponents of Networking Services, verify that all check boxes are cleared, select the Domain Name System (DNS) check box, and then click OK.
  6. In the Windows Components wizard, click Next.
  7. If prompted, insert the compact disc labeled Windows 2000 Advanced Server Beta 3, and then click OK.
  8. After the copy process is complete, click Finish, and then close all windows.
  1. Create a standard primary zone with the following properties: - A forward lookup zone. - A reverse lookup zone for your IP network. For the network ID, use the first three octets of your IP address (192.168.0).
  1. Open the DNS console from the Administrative Tools menu.
  2. In the Configure DNS Server wizard, click Next.
  3. On the Root Servers Not Found page, verify that This is the first DNS server on the network is selected, and then click Next.
  4. On the Add Forward Lookup Zone page, verify that Yes, add a forward lookup zone is selected, and then click Next.
  5. On the Select a Zone Type page, verify that Standard primary is selected, and then click Next.
  6. On the Zone Name page, type nwtraders.msft and then click Next.
  7. On the File Name page, verify that New file is selected, and then click Next.
  8. On the Add Reverse Lookup Zone page, verify that Yes, add a reverse lookup zone is selected, and then click Next.
  9. On the Select a Zone Type page, verify that Standard primary is selected, and then click Next.
  10. On the Network ID page, verify that Specify the Network ID and the subnet mask for the reverse lookup zone is selected and then, in the Network ID box, type 192.168.0

    The wizard automatically fills in the first three octets of your subnet mask.

  11. Click Next.
  12. On the File Name page, verify that New file is selected, click Next, and then click Finish.

Why do you create separate forward and reverse lookup zones, and what is the purpose of each?

Answer

You create two zones because the forward lookup zone and reverse lookup zone each have a unique zone database file. The forward lookup zone is used to resolve host names to IP addresses, and the reverse lookup zone is used to resolve IP addresses to host names.

  1. Configure the forward and reverse lookup zones to allow dynamic update.
  1. In the console pane, expand LONDON, expand Forward Lookup Zones, and then display the Properties page for nwtraders.msft.
  2. On the General tab, in the Dynamic update box, select Allow Updates, and then click OK.
  3. In the console pane, expand Reverse Lookup Zones, and then display the Properties page for 192.168.0.x Subnet.
  4. On the General tab, in the Dynamic update box, select Allow Updates, and then click OK.
  5. Leave the DNS console open.